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.

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 ...

Snow Crab underwater in the St. Lawrence River in Canada. ... related to continued warming and variability in ocean conditions in Alaska” likely affected the red king crab, ...

Last year, Alaska closed king crab season for the first time since the 1990s. Advertisement. Scientists have expressed suspicion that warmer temperatures in recent years have been responsible.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Friday it will again cancel this year's Bering Sea snow crab harvest. Bristol Bay red king crab will re-open.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has canceled the Bristol Bay king crab season for a second year in a row and called off the winter hunting season for smaller snow crabs. Officials scrubbed ...

Alaska officials have canceled the fall Bristol Bay red king crab harvest, and for the first time, ... Alaska’s Bering snow crab, king crab seasons canceled. Oct 12, 2022, ...