The future of Alaska’s red king crab fishery is at a turning point. Proposed changes to the fishery’s management in Southeast ...

This means that the government of Alaska gives each fishing vessel a certain number of crabs they are allowed to catch for the year. Then, the crab boats head out to sea and don't stop laying ...

In the last decade, there was just one commercial red king crab fishery in Southeast Alaska. But that could change with a ...

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." ...

Earlier this month, commercial snow crabs started hitting Unalaska’s docks again for the first time in nearly three years.

Before heading up to Alaska, the ship loads up with three months ... "There are a lot of near misses even on the safest of crab boats," Arnold says. One time, a crane was lifting a crab pot ...

The boat may also stop at nearby Annette Island ... with a feast of wild salmon cooked over a wood-fired grill, Alaska crab and prime rib at the Fin Island Lodge. Following a wildlife Zodiac ...

Researchers recently found that the species should be split into six, maybe even seven, genetically distinct groups.

Two men survived the sinking of a fishing boat in the Gulf of Alaska on Wednesday, authorities said. The men climbed into a life raft after their boat began taking on water about 23 miles southeast of ...