For the first time, crews in Alaska won’t be braving ice and sea spray to pluck snow crab from the Bering Sea. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...

On a normal winter day on St. Paul, an island in the Bering Sea some 300 miles off the Alaskan coast, the community would be humming with activity. At the Trident Seafood crab processing plant, the ...

Alaska canceled the snow crab fishing season for the first time on Monday, as crab populations mysteriously plummet. An estimated 1 billion snow crabs suddenly disappeared from the Bering Sea, ...

EDMONDS — When a seafood processing plant in Alaska shut down in the middle of crabbing season, fishermen found themselves in a pinch. Under the state’s quota system, harvesters can only catch a set ...

KODIAK, Alaska — A quiet early October day on the bay in Kodiak, Alaska looks idyllic, but it's a problem for local fishermen. Early fall is usually when crabbers are frantically preparing for a long ...

This article is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories from public radio stations across the United States. This story, by Kirsten Dobroth, was originally published by Alaska ...

In mid-October, the Alaska Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that it would be canceling the winter snow crab season. This is the first time the snow crab season has been canceled in the Bering ...

Last week, Undercurrent News reported live from the 2024 Groundfish Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark. Although members of the media are not permitted to attend the event, Undercurrent's team brought ...