Crab fisherman struggle to stick together on price

The economics of the crab fishery and the struggle of crab fisherman to organize to negotiate a price for their catch is the subject of a good story in The San Mateo County Times.  Fishermen not only face dissension within their own ranks, but competition in their fisheries from larger operators from Oregon and Washington. Maintaining discipline is not always pretty:

In 2002, local fisherman John Dooley—widely despised for his blatant disregard of association action—refused to participate in a three-week crab-fishing strike. The lines to 400 of his traps were cut.