Captain Dan Veerhusen and Jan, his wife, run the Taurus, one of the few remaining boats that still fish herring in the Bering ...

This means that the government of Alaska gives each fishing vessel a certain number of crabs they are allowed to catch for the year. Then, the crab boats head out to sea and don't stop laying ...

Trips last five to 12 days, and it usually takes one to two days to get to and from the fishing area. Before heading up to Alaska ... boat so it can be placed somewhere else. After a full crab ...

New genetic research on the Alaska red king crab reveals previously undiscovered ... fisheries-dependent data (collected on commercial fishing vessels) or independent surveys (from scientific ...