The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has closed the commercial red and blue king crab fishery for the 2023-2024 season, the sixth year in a row, citing stock survey numbers that remain well ...

This week's decision hinged on an analysis of soft shell crabs - newly molted crabs with shells too soft for market - that ...

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.

In Alaska, last fall's shocking collapse of the snow crab fishery shows that conditions for sea life can and are rapidly changing.

A year after state officials imposed unprecedented harvest shutdowns on crab fishing in the Bering Sea, stocks continue to be in dismal shape, suggesting that continued closures may be on the way ...

The longtime commercial fisherman pleaded guilty to leading an out-of-state delivery of Southeast Alaska crab, much of which was infested with Bitter Crab Syndrome.

Alaska fishermen are feeling the pinch after Bering Sea snow crab season was canceled for the second year in a row.

The concern largely revolves around sea otter prey species, like crab and oyster, that are crucial for commercial and subsistence fishermen in Southeast Alaska.

The city received federal relief last week after the 2021-22 king and snow crab collapses — funding that's only now reaching local coffers.

ANCHORAGE — 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 ...