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 ...

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 ...

A greenhorn photo-documents the lives of crabbers on Alaska’s remote Saint Paul Island during a winter week on a crab fishing boat in the Bering Sea. It took just 20 minutes for my stomach to flip.

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, ...