“That’s what it’s all about.” As the deck of his 58-foot-long boat rolls on the swells of the Gulf of Alaska, Kavanaugh, 24, cracks another crab leg between his tattooed fingers.

The live crab sale was in its fourth day on Nov. 2 and had already sold more than three-quarters of the 700 red king crabs hauled out from the Bering Sea.

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 ...

Juneau, Alaska, is a favorite stop on many cruise ship lines, and if you happen to be heading north, hit this great ...

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. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File) ...

Some crab populations are still vulnerable, like the Gulf of Alaska group. The Gulf’s commercial red king crab fishery has remained closed since the population collapsed in 1983.

A red king crab harvest returns, but at much lower levels than the past The allowable harvest that opened on Sunday, as set by the state, is 2.15 million pounds, a little less than the 2.6 million ...

The case concerns Tanner and golden king crab harvested in 2024 in southeast Alaska. Potter owned two vessels, one of them captained by his son, Kyle Potter, and the other by employee Justin Welch.

The snow crab population shrank from around 8 billion in 2018 to 1 billion in 2021, according to a researcher with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

FILE – A person walks across the dock at St. Paul Harbor, Thursday, June 22, 2023, in Kodiak, Alaska. Alaska fishermen will be able to harvest red king crab, the largest and most lucrative of ...