The Bering Sea ... crab fishery. Less than 10% of that total harvest has been caught so far. Nichols said they expect more vessels to start targeting bairdi, or Tanner crab, as they finish up with ...

The Bering Sea ... crab, as they finish up with snow crab. Harvesters have until the end of March to catch the Tanner crabs. And the Pacific cod pot fishery in state waters opened up Tuesday for ...

Examples include Bering Sea snow crab, North Atlantic swordfish and red grouper in the Gulf of Mexico.A growing ... where it sank after being torn off by an explosion while conducting an ...

The complex process of setting total allowable catches (TACs) for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands’ (BSAI) two dozen species was highlighted yesterday by lively debate on how much to increase the ...

The icy waters of the Bering Sea, home to billions of snow crabs, have witnessed a catastrophic disappearance in recent years. This phenomenon has left both scientists and the local communities of ...

King crab fishing is one of the most dangerous yet rewarding industries in the world. From the icy waters of Alaska’s Bering Sea to the global seafood market ... when Alaskan fishermen started ...

It’s not everyone who can move from private industry to public service, particularly to head up a major NOAA division, then move back to the private sector, no less as COO of one of the major ...

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Alaska's largest groundfish and crab fisheries begin each year's fishing cycle. Photo by Troy Larson Alaska's largest groundfish and crab fisheries begin each year's fishing cycle. Summer salmon ...

Red king crab live in diverse environments—from coastal bays in the north, to open sea shelves in the Bering Sea. They also live in small bays and fjords fed by glacial melt in Southeast Alaska ...