I've grown up watching my dad fish out on the Bering Sea. He's been fishing out there for over 45 years. I went off to university, got a degree, but found myself called back to the sea.

So when a group of Bering Sea fishermen recently heard they’d be getting paid less than they hoped for cod this winter season, they figured they couldn’t afford to just sit by.

The Bering Sea fishing grounds are usually covered in sea ice in the winter. But there wasn’t much ice, and they fished further north than usual. Finding snow crabs was still difficult.

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.

The F/V Northwestern, a 125-foot fishing vessel, was crafted in 1977 at Marco Shipyard in Seattle, WA.Built with the rugged King and Tanner crab fisheries of Alaska’s Bering Sea in mind, it ...

The Bering Sea fishing grounds are usually covered in sea ice in the winter. But there wasn't much ice, and they fished further north than usual. Finding snow crabs was still difficult.

Lighter nets, streamlined trawl doors, and smarter rigging choices are helping trawl captains burn less fuel, spend less time ...

SEATTLE — Crab fishermen are at a loss after Alaska canceled harvest season for two types of crabs over population concerns. For the first time ever, the Bering Sea snow crab harvest is closed ...

Jimmie Conrad, 24, was one of 15 crewmen who were lost when the Arctic Rose fishing trawler went down in the Bering Sea on April 2 in the worst Alaskan fishing accident in decades.

I've grown up watching my dad fish out on the Bering Sea. He's been fishing out there for over 45 years. I went off to university, got a degree, but found myself called back to the sea.