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, the largest and most lucrative of all the Bering Sea crab species, for the first time in two years, offering a slight reprieve to the ...

So far about 680,000 pounds of king crab have been taken, with harvesters getting about $2 more a pound for the massive crabs.

The red king crab savings area was established in 1996 and is permanently closed to bottom trawling, but it remains open to midwater — or pelagic — trawlers, pot fishing and longlining. (Bri ...

ANCHORAGE, 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 two years, offering a slight ...

The red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) was intentionally introduced into the Barents Sea several decades ago and has since established a significant population that is both ecologically ...

Deckhand Chris “Chilly” Anderson with a pair of 15-plus-pound Alaskan Red king crabs, caught in the Bering Sea. In the hold below deck, 120,000 pounds of Bering Sea king crab are ready to be ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 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 ...