King crab harvesting in Alaska involves the use of giant pots made from steel and mesh that are dropped to the ocean floor, where these prized crabs reside. The king crab season runs from fall to ...

A Kodiak tradition anchored in the island’s glory days begins at noon today, as Crab Fest 2025 commences at Oscar’s Dock ...

For two years in a row, the Alaska Department of Fish ... "There's not a lot you can do. These boats are specifically designed to go out and catch crab, so we're over $4 million in debt." ...

Harvests of Alaskan king crab — the bigger ... are no Coast Guard services there to respond to medical emergencies or boat trouble. The Prout family is diversifying by “tendering” cod ...

A Kodiak fisherman was sentenced Tuesday to one year in prison and will serve two years on supervised release for leading a ...

A Kodiak commercial fisherman was sentenced to one year in federal prison last week for orchestrating an illegal scheme to ...

As the news spread, officials in Alaska canceled the official fishing seasons for both king crab and snow crab ... isn’t sufficient each year, fishing boats will end up scraping too deeply ...

The two boats harvested more than 7,000 pounds of Tanner and golden king crab during February and March in Southeast Alaska, the brief said. Corey Potter directed the captains to take the crab to ...

A fishing boat on the Bering Sea ... continued warming and variability in ocean conditions in Alaska” likely affected the red king crab, but did not suggest that mismanagement or overfishing ...