Tanner crab like this one are the subject of a standoff between fishermen and processing companies in Kodiak. (NOAA Fisheries) After the heat wave-induced collapse of the Bering Sea snow crab ...

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Kodiak crab fishermen argue that the Gulf of Alaska tanner crab they catch should command premium prices, because it’s larger than snow crab, and has a better taste.

Kodiak’s biggest tanner crab fishery in nearly 40 years is set to open on Sunday, but the fleet is standing down. Fishermen say they won’t go fishing for the prices offered by local canneries.

Kodiak fishermen co-defendants. The co-defendants, Kyle Potter, 30, and Justin Welch, 34, followed directions from Corey Potter and transported the harvested crab to Seattle, intending to sell the ...

Alaska's snow crab season canceled for second year in a row 02:17. Gabriel Prout is grateful for a modest haul of king crab, but it's the vanishing of another crustacean variety that has the ...

Kodiak fishermen’s illegal crab sentencing. Corey Potter pled guilty to two counts of violating the Lacey Act on Feb. 7, 2025, according to the attorney’s office.

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — Gabriel Prout worked four seasons on his father’s crab boat, the Silver Spray, before joining his two brothers in 2020 to buy a half-interest plus access rights for a ...

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: *** The snow crab fishery in the Bering Sea will be closed this winter. That is a first under U.S. management, and it follows a catastrophic crash in the number of crabs there ...

Biologists blamed the rapid decline of snow crab on a 2018 climate-fueled heatwave. ... "It's been extremely difficult," said commercial fisherman Gabriel Prout, who's based on Kodiak Island.

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — Gabriel Prout worked four seasons on his father’s crab boat, the Silver Spray, before joining his two brothers in 2020 to buy a half-interest plus access rights for a ...