Gabriel Prout (right) takes a photo for the customer to show the Alaska king crab he bought on Facebook. Prout says that people show up to buy Alaska king crab by word of mouth. (Mizelle Mayo/Alaska ...

The bairdi crab and king crab are two distinct crab varieties. Bairdi is a snow crab variety known as a queen crab. Opilio ...

Nine miles off Alaska’s Kachemak Bay, Skipper Gene Cameron and his two crewmen maneuvered the 40-ft. Kathy C. along a string of buoys and hauled crab pots, one at a time, from the bottom, 100 ft.

I love crab. Usually when I get this delicious animal, I get the Dungys since they are cheaper, and I greatly enjoy them. It was my birthday the other day, and I decided that I should be rewarded for ...

Alaska’s commercial Bering Sea snow crab fishery kicked off its second season of the year with doubled catch limits – a ...

A new study found that Alaska red king crabs are more genetically diverse than previously thought, which could be crucial for the species’ survival as ocean conditions change. Researchers came ...

In 1940, the Alaskan King Crab Expedition was commissioned by the Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of Interior) in order to study crab and the fishing industry in the vicinity of Aleutian Islands ...