Large pot traps are widely used by American fishermen to catch millions of cod and crabs, especially in Alaska’s productive fishing grounds. These three-dimensional wire or wooden enclosures allow ...

King crab harvesting in Alaska involves the use of giant pots made from steel and mesh that are dropped to the ocean floor, where these prized crabs reside. The king crab season runs from fall to ...

That was not always the case. “The boats started as the Ingot,” says Phillips. Built at Nichols Brothers in 1973, the ...

A high-tech system that involves a remote-controlled pop-up balloon-like device is helping some fishermen from getting their ...

A Kodiak commercial fisherman was sentenced to one year in federal prison today for orchestrating an illegal scheme to ...