Building crab boats fit for the Bering Sea is no easy task, as they have to withstand the harsh weather conditions of Alaska. “We have stability reports onboard and we try to follow them to the letter ...

With the regulated catch quotas of contemporary fisheries, design versatility for a fishing boat can be important. A new 19.8 x 7.3-m (65 x 24-ft.) combination crab trap and groundfish trawler ...

A greenhorn photo-documents the lives of crabbers on Alaska’s remote Saint Paul Island during a winter week on a crab fishing boat in the Bering Sea. It took just 20 minutes for my stomach to flip.

ANCHORAGE — In the midst of a spreading oil spill from a wrecked freighter, hundreds of crab fishermen ventured into the Bering Sea this weekend, undaunted by concerns that their catches could be ...

Captain Sig Hansen has been fishing crabs in Alaska aboard the F/V Northwestern for more than 30 years. In 2005, Discovery Channel aired the documentary TV show “Deadliest Catch”, which portrays real ...

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A trial of innovative crab fishing gear designed to reduce whale entanglements is being hailed as a resounding success that should advance widespread use of the new technology off the California coast ...

The majority owner of the crab fishing boat Scandies Rose said over the weekend he couldn’t believe his boat went down, explaining to a Seattle radio station on Monday that it was considered a ...