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 ...

Federal fisheries authorities suspended a program to buy out more than two dozen crab boat owners yesterday after they leaned that a government math error awarded ...