In 2021, researchers reported a shocking disappearance in the Bering Sea. Not of people, but of Alaskan snow crabs. And it's ...

One still has to wonder what the effects of taking nearly two million metric tons of fish and crabs each year from the Bering Sea might be, even if the fish species are being managed conservatively.

If you think driving up Parley's Canyon is scary during a snowstorm, wait until you see what it's like on a fishing boat in ...

The results were disastrous: roughly 10 billion crabs vanished between 2018 and 2021 and the industry went from a value of $227 million to nothing. A heatwave in the Bering Sea's waters may have ...

Average seas in the Bering Sea have around 10- to 20-foot waves ... Once in the fishing area, they fish until the boat is filled with crabs. On a good trip, it could take three days to fill ...

Prior research has shown that the number of snow crabs in the Bering Sea has declined dramatically in recent years—some estimates have found population numbers dropping by 10 billion between ...

“As stewards of the Northern Bering Sea, our basic rules of taking only what's needed and giving nature a chance to replenish itself have been practiced for thousands of years,” said Ben Pungowiyi, ...

Bering Sea fishermen have harvested roughly 60 percent of this year’s total allowable harvest of snow crabs. But there’s limited processing capacity for the catch. Fishermen have unloaded ...

Ice is visible in the Bering Sea on January 22, 2020, from a small plane airplane near the western Alaska coast. Ice is visible in the Bering Sea on January 22, 2020, from a small plane airplane ...

The eastern Bering Sea shelf supports a diverse ... at least 450 species of fish, crustaceans and mollusks; 50 species of seabirds; and 25 species of marine mammals. From the earliest days ...