NOT KNOWN FACTS ABOUT KING CRAB

The History of American Crab Fishing If you look at the history of your Alaskan king crab fishery, you will know why. At exactly the same time I was experiencing mountains of king crab, the fishery was achieving the high-water mark of unsustainability. In 1981, fishermen hauled up one hundred thirty million lbs of kings. Two yrs afterwards, the fis