The North Pacific Fishery Management Council will not move forward with a request to close the Bristol Bay red king crab savings area to all commercial fishing. At its February meeting, the ...

Alaska fishermen will be able to harvest red king crab for the first time in two years, offering a slight reprieve to the beleaguered fishery beset by low numbers likely exacerbated by climate change.

Every winter, over 2,000 tons of red king crab are pulled from the icy waters of Alaska, generating up to $43 million. In this video, we take you behind the scenes to discover the dangerous and ...

Crab pots sit on a dock June 25 in Kodiak, Alaska. Alaska fishermen will be able to harvest red king crab, the largest and most lucrative of all the Bering Sea crab species, for the first time in ...

Step into the world of king crab fishing and uncover how fishermen rake in millions from harvesting Alaska’s prized crabs. Each year, they haul in millions of pounds of crabs, generating massive ...

The State of Alaska estimates the ex-vessel losses from the Bristol Bay red king crab and Bering Sea snow crab fisheries for the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 seasons to be $287.7 million,” the ...

Alaska’s commercial crab fishing fleet is bracing for hundreds of millions of dollars in losses as a result of declines in the snow crab and red king crab populations.

So, I mean, Norway, and Bugøynes in particular, had been building their red king crab fishery since the ’90s, since Leif Ingilæ found that first crab, but it was always a niche fishery.

A person walks across the dock at St. Paul Harbor, Thursday, June 22, 2023, in Kodiak. Alaska fishermen will be able to harvest red king crab, the largest and most lucrative of all the Bering Sea ...

Alaska fishermen will be able to harvest red king crab, the largest and most lucrative of all the Bering Sea crab species, ... Messages were left Friday with fishing industry groups seeking comment.