Snow crabs and king crabs, though similar in appearance, differ significantly in size, habitat, leg structure, and ...

Unlike those for cod or snow crabs, Dungeness crab fishing permits are cheaper and easier to come by right now, based on surveys that show there's still plenty to be caught.

The city received federal relief last week after the 2021-22 king and snow crab collapses — funding that's only now reaching ...

Between 2018 and 2021, there was an unexpected 92% decline in snow crab abundance, or about 10 billion crabs. The crabs had been plentiful in the years prior, puzzling scientists and crabbers alike.

Bering Sea snow crab, with two specimens seen in this undated photo, support an iconic Alaska seafood harvest, but a crash in population triggered two consecuctive years of closure, starting in 2022.

Snow crab fishing in Alaska returns, but fishermen face uncertainty amid reduced quotas 03:48. For two years in a row, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game canceled the snow crab season in the ...

The Bering Sea was once full of snow crabs (Chionoecetes opilio), providing an abundant food source worth more than a quarter-billion dollars. But a few years ago, the crab populations crashed ...