10 Cast Net: Alaska Crab Season Dates

Wednesday 3 October 2012

Alaska Crab Season Dates

Fishermen have the second most dangerous job in the country, according to CNN. Much of that is due to crab fishing, an extremely perilous job that takes place in Arctic climates and requires operating dangerous machinery. For crab fishermen, much of this has to do with the length of the season and when it takes place. Alaska, one of the hubs of crab fishing, has a crab fishing season that takes place during three to four weeks every winter in the Bering Strait. The season is based on an individual fisherman's quota, not on specific dates. Climate. Much of peril in crab fishing is due to the conditions. Boats trawl hundreds of miles from populated places where they might request aid. That far out in the Bering Strait, storms and ice are implacable enemies. Sometimes boats even sink from collecting too much ice.