A commercial Dungeness crab harvester from Alaska has pled guilty to stealing a rival fishers’ gear in a deal that will see him serve jail time, forfeit his fishing vessel, and pay restitution to the ...

Sep. 9—A 27-year-old crew member died last week after he was fatally injured while working aboard a commercial fishing vessel in the Aleutian Islands. Alaska State Troopers and the boat owner on ...

Before Jake Hannah, 22, left for his commercial fishing trip on Saturday night, he called his mother, who lives in his hometown of Coos Bay. “He said, ‘Hey mom, we’re getting ready to go out, I love ...

Bering Sea crabbers will see a boost in catch limits this season, after years of cancellations and small harvests due to low ...

A Ketchikan man pleaded guilty in August to two charges related to illegal fishing and theft of Dungeness crab pots, ...

A 21-year-old died after fishing gear dragged him into the water from a commercial salmon fishing boat near Bristol Bay, Alaska troopers say. A patrol vessel received a mayday call from a fishing boat ...

Since its premiere in 2006, Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch is an addictive look into the wild and treacherous lives of those aboard crab fishing boats in the Bering Sea — an occupation that ...