With the regulated catch quotas of contemporary fisheries, design versatility for a fishing boat can be important. A new 19.8 x 7.3-m (65 x 24-ft.) combination crab trap and groundfish trawler ...

Two fishermen were killed and four others were missing in the choppy Bering Sea after two separate accidents on the opening day of the dangerous snow crab season. The 92-foot Big Valley and the ...

Dungeness crab sit in a bin near a boiler at Fisherman’s Wharf Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, in San Francisco. Dungeness crab could be harder to come by if fishers from Canada to Northern California continue ...

Building crab boats fit for the Bering Sea is no easy task, as they have to withstand the harsh weather conditions of Alaska. “We have stability reports onboard and we try to follow them to the letter ...

Federal fisheries authorities suspended a program to buy out more than two dozen crab boat owners yesterday after they leaned that a government math error awarded ...

Rescuers searched the icy waters of the Bering Sea yesterday for a crewman of a Seattle-based fishing vessel who was swept overboard a day earlier. But hopes faded last night for crewman Manu Lagai, ...