Lowell Alvin Wakefield (August 17, 1909 – 1977) is regarded as the founder of the Alaskan king crab industry, and Port Wakefield on the north-east coast of Raspberry Island, Alaska is named after him.
[1][2] His father, a native of Texas, was well known in the salmon and herring industries throughout the Pacific Northwest.
By 1938, Wakefield was a correspondent for "The Daily Worker", the CPUSA national publication.
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Wakefield, who is regarded as the founder of the Alaskan king crab industry, introduced the canning and freezing of king crab, partly because of declining salmon stocks in surrounding waters.