The European green crab, as pictured here, is an invasive species that threatens native fish populations. The invasive crabs were first discovered in Alaska in 2022 at Annette Island, and their ...

The beleaguered snow crab of the Bering Sea may have one strength that could help their population endure rapidly changing marine conditions: an apparent resilience to ocean acidification. Research by ...

Crab pots sit on a dock June 25 in Kodiak, Alaska. Alaska fishermen will be able to harvest red king crab, the largest and most lucrative of all the Bering Sea crab species, for the first time in two ...

The snow crab population has plummeted, as more than 10 billion snow crabs have disappeared from the eastern Bering Sea since 2018. Dropping to a historical low in 2021, and after historical highs ...

“The snow crab fishery has historically been the most productive crab fishery in the Bering Sea and supported one of the most valuable commercial fisheries in the Arctic,” Alaska Governor Mike ...

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 ...

Over the past few years, the snow crab population near Alaska has been dwindling. And researchers now think they know why. On Thursday, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

In the short term, Alaska crab fishermen and the communities that depend on them will get a slight reprieve from the disastrous conditions they have endured for the past two years, with harvests for ...

There is danger lurking on the floor of the Bering and Chukchi seas for mussels, snails, clams, worms and other cold-water invertebrates, according to a new study led by National Oceanic and ...