crab fisherman

Salary

hours

job description

average of 7.3 deaths a year

Level of education

facts

• The most lucrative Alaskan crab fisheries occur in the fall and winter
• Crab vessels cost several million dollars to build
• tens of thousands of dollars to operate annually.
• The boats range in size from 40 to 200 feet
• To catch the crabs, fishermen use 700-pound steel traps

facts

• In 1980, Alaskan fisheries produced up to 200,000,000 lb of crab
• 1983, the total size of the catch had dropped by up to 90% in some places.
• Alaskan crab fishing is very dangerous
• it is suggested that one crab fisherman dies weekly during the seasons
• In Alaska, three species of king crab are caught commercially

facts

• The red king crab is the most prized of the three for its meat.
• Only male king crabs measuring 6.5 inches and snow crabs measuring 4 inches from spine to spine are kept
• females and juveniles are tossed back into the sea
• "ghost pots"  pots that are lost at sea kill the crabs
•  there can be as many as 50 per square kilometer

facts

• short fishing seasons
• october-janurary
• crabs don't appear on radar
• use 700 pound traps
• pots beasure 7x7x3

facts

• crabs don't appear on radar
• only can catch male crabs
• 2 billion pounds harvested from alaskan waters 
• october-janurary
• 3 species in alaska- blue king, red king , & golden king

facts

• Average crabs live no longer than 3 years
• Crabs are also called decapods
•  scientific name is Callinectes sapidus
•  means "beautiful swimmer"
• If a crab loses its claw, it grows back.

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