Crab Fishing

Q: what type of license do you need for crab fishing with the crabhawk? just a regular crab license or do i need a fishing license too?

A: Depends on what state you are in. In Texas a fishing license is required for crabbing. Most people don't know that, though.

Using Molecular Markers to Manage Alaska's Declining Red King Crab FisheriesOver three hundred crab fishing fatalities per 100000 fishermen per year were tabulated for the commercial fishing industry in the early 90′s. The number of crab fishing-related fatalities is probably of little consolation to red king crabs,

Ice can break the lines connecting crab pots to buoys floating on the surface, pop the buoys loose, and actually relocate the pots, Fitch said, making them difficult for fishermen to find. While 47 boats were registered, only 20 were still fishing with and more »

Jerry Allen`s daughter Ashley this week and she told me that they were really catching a lot of crab. That's good news. I also talked to my friend Stan Cain who used to charter fish out of Yellow Bluff. He told me about a recipe his mom cooked when he

Jim Smith aboard the Happy Hooker, according to Dave Marquardt, took a trip Saturday with 18 people and caught 5 crabs for each angler near Baker Beach, plus 3 stripers from San Pablo Bay. Tracy Gardner from Sacramento scored a 10-pound striper.and more »

Sea ice is encroaching unusually early on the central Bering Sea, threatening to grind Alaska's economically important snow crab fishery to a halt at the peak of the season, leaving crabbers facing major losses. Snow covers the land surface while ice and more »