In the last decade, there was just one commercial red king crab fishery in Southeast Alaska. But that could change with a ...

One of the key areas of recent research is the renewal of amateur red king crab fishing in Russian waters of the Barents Sea. This activity, which was banned for several years, has been reinstated ...

Researchers recently found that the species should be split into six, maybe even seven, genetically distinct groups.

Knowing the prime fishing grounds for each type of crab ... the factors that allows for selectivity when targeting crab species. Red king crabs prefer colder deeper waters less than 40 degrees ...

Historically, the red king crab fishery was Alaska's top shellfish ... from fisheries-dependent data (collected on commercial fishing vessels) or independent surveys (from scientific research ...

Alaska's largest groundfish and crab fisheries begin each year's fishing cycle. Summer salmon seasons will always be at the ...