Crabbers in Southeast Alaska could soon be able to harvest red king crabs after the Alaska Board of Fisheries approved a ...

Crabbers in Southeast Alaska could soon be able to harvest red king crabs after the Alaska Board of Fisheries approved a proposal enabling regulators to open a small, limited commercial king crab ...

The Bering Sea snow crab fishery reopened in mid-October, after billions of the crab disappeared and the fishery was shut ...

One of the key areas of recent research is the renewal of amateur red king crab fishing in Russian waters of the Barents Sea. This activity, which was banned for several years, has been reinstated ...

While the return of the Bering Sea snow crab fishery is a positive development, it’s clear that fishermen, processors, and coastal communities are still navigating an uphill battle. The road to ...

Average seas in the Bering Sea have around ... likens commercial fishing to gambling. "You never know if you are going to hit the jackpot. If you land on a big school of crab, you can make a ...

Scientists have long thought that the genetic diversity of the Alaska red king crab fell into three main groups: the Southeast region, the Gulf of Alaska and East Bering Sea regions, and the ...

New genetic research on the Alaska red king crab reveals previously undiscovered diversity among different regions, suggesting the species is more resilient to climate change and changing ocean ...

Caught on behalf of the company Norway King ... of Alaskan crab populations has de facto dwindled fishing for two years. Some scientists link this decline to ocean warming under the effect of ...