New life in the factory (?)

Through the 1990s, the population multiplied, and the newcomer kept moving westwards. Public opinion soon split in two: Some saw a resource that could bring new life to coastal communities in decline, others feared that the crab’s appetite would turn the ocean floor into a lifeless desert.
Over time, people have learned to live with and of the crab. How it should be managed, is still hotly debated.
In Gamvik, a crab factory opened in 2004. Despite a profitable operation, the factory was shut down in late 2007, and the equipment was moved to Kjøllefjord. Since then, the terminal has been closed, and alternative jobs have not emerged.
Many people think that the politics of fishing favour the big companies, for example by having turned fish quotas into a commodity that can be bought and sold on the open market. The big companies do not have local. They import cheap labour and take their catch ashore where it suits them, and jobs disappear from villages like Gamvik. People who live by one of the world’s richest oceans, feel that they no longer have access. They are gradually becoming onlookers, whereas the fortunes of the sea end up elsewhere.