A blue-colored red king crab has become the buzz about Nome, because it is so rare. Frank MacFarland plans to have his rare catch mounted For at least the second time this year, a Bering Sea fisherman ...

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 ...

Crab pots sit on a dock June 25 in Kodiak, 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 ...

There's a reason videos of people eating copious amounts of crab legs rack up millions of views on Youtube. People love watching almost as much as they love eating them. In fact, there are entire ...

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 ...

In the short term, Alaska crab fishers and the communities that depend on them will get a slight reprieve from the disastrous conditions they have endured for the past two years, with harvests for ...

The bairdi crab and king crab are two distinct crab varieties. Bairdi is a snow crab variety known as a queen crab. Opilio and bairdi crabs reign supreme as the most widely distributed commercial ...

Fourteen vessels had landed about 680,000 pounds of Bristol Bay king crab as of Wednesday, Oct. 23. 2024. The average weight is 6.84 pounds, and the catch rate is 35 legal males per pot. Both of those ...

Discovery's 'Deadliest Catch' returns with captains braving deadly seas for king crab, streamable via Philo or DIRECTV with ...

In the last decade, there was just one commercial red king crab fishery in Southeast Alaska. But a proposal going before the Alaska Board of Fisheries could potentially change the tide for future ...

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 by climate change.