Why crab is now fine dining’s ultimate luxury ingredient, dethroning caviar, truffle and Wagyu beef

American chefs are embracing this delicacy, used in omakase in New York and crab rice in San Francisco, as prices soar to ...
Alaska Public Media

Southeast Alaska Tanner crab down, golden king crab up as next fishery approaches

Southeast Alaska’s next commercial golden king crab and Tanner crab fisheries will open on Feb. 17. The Tanner crab population is on a slight decline, whereas golden king crab is on track for an ...
Alaska Public Media

Red king crab harvest looking 'very good' so far for Bristol Bay fleet

Fourteen vessels had landed about 680,000 pounds of Bristol Bay king crab as of Wednesday, Oct. 23. 2024. The average weight is 6.84 pounds, and the catch rate is 35 legal males per pot. Both of those ...
E&E

Ropeless fishing gear for catching crabs shows positive results

This was the third year of California-sponsored trials for the equipment used to catch Dungeness crabs while avoiding whale entanglements. Ropeless fishing gear is proving effective at avoiding whale ...
AOL

Beaufort’s cherished blue crab is ‘mean as hell.’ But crabbers love catching them

Beaufort native Brett Everett races across the glassy surface of the Morgan River in a 22-foot boat on a muggy 71-degree morning, using the Lowcountry waterway to drive deep into the salt marshes. But ...