Southeast Alaska’s next commercial golden king crab and Tanner crab fisheries will open on Feb. 17. The Tanner crab population is on a slight decline, whereas golden king crab is on track for an ...

ALASKA, USA — A new study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration details the factors that contributed to the collapse of the Bering Sea snow crab population. Last year, KING 5 reported ...

Fishermen and scientists were alarmed when billions of crabs vanished from the Bering Sea near Alaska in 2022. It wasn’t overfishing, scientists explained — it was likely the shockingly warm water ...

A Kodiak, Alaska, fisher has been sentenced to a year in jail for illegally shipping thousands of pounds of Tanner crab, much of it infected with a parasitic disease, out of Alaska to Washington state ...

Commercial fishing for King and Opilio crab can earn anyone crazy enough to do it more than $50,000 in a short eight-week period, which usually ends in mid-January. The actual fishing during the two ...

A new study found that Alaska red king crabs are more genetically diverse than previously thought, which could be crucial for the species’ survival as ocean conditions change. Researchers came ...

Seafood-craving gourmands will travel far and wide for the freshest catch, from Maryland for its meaty blue crabs to Alaska for its flavorful, wild-caught salmon. We’ve rounded up some of the best ...