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 stocks in Alaska’s Bering Sea, which crashed a few years ago, have recovered enough to allow a modest harvest starting in mid-October. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game on Monday ...

A recent study concluded that warmer water temperatures helped drive the crabs to starvation. Experts believe that the crabs will soon start heading farther north toward colder climates. When ...

ALASKA, USA — Two weeks after the snow crab season was canceled in Alaska's Bering Sea for the second year due to population concerns, scientists have released more details about what they think ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, USA — As the Pacific Northwest's crabbing crisis continues, scientists are still working to determine if this year's snow crabbing season will be canceled for a third straight year. "The ...

New research from scientists at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) laboratory in Kodiak, Alaska, has found that Bering Sea snow crabs are more resilient than expected to ocean ...

ALASKA, USA — A new study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration details the factors that contributed to the collapse of the Bering Sea snow crab population. Last year, KING 5 reported ...

Bering Sea snow crab, with two specimens seen in this undated photo, support an iconic Alaska seafood harvest, but a crash in population since 2018 triggered the first ever closure of the fishery in ...

After a two-year hiatus forced by low stocks, the Bering Sea snow crab harvest is back on. The decision to reopen the harvest, announced on Oct. 4 by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, is based ...