News
Alaska King Crab Research, Rehabilitation and Biology Program (AKCRRAB)
- Santa Monica Seafood continues support of Alaska king crab research with $10,000 donation
(November 19, 2012, Alaska Sea Grant)
- 'Micro Algae' Technique Results in Greater Blue King Hatchery Survival
(May 31, 2012, KMXT-FM Kodiak Public Radio)
- Ben Daly discusses blue king crab research [mp3; 1.4 MB]
(November 15, 2011, KMXT-FM Kodiak Public Radio)
- A crab in every pot [PDF, 1.65 MB]
(Fall 2011, Aurora magazine)
- Crustacean science [PDF; 215 KB]
(September 2011, Fishermen’s News)
- Alaska commercial fishing groups donate to king crab research
(August 9, 2011, Alaska Sea Grant)
Alaska commercial fishing groups have donated $25,000 to support research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences to grow king crab in hatcheries.
- Next phase of king crab research nets $460,000
(December 3, 2010, Alaska Sea Grant)
Biologists developing the science and technology to raise wild red and blue king crab in hatcheries as a way to rebuild collapsed stocks in parts of Alaska have received $460,000 in grants and support to assess how the crab may fare in the wild.
- Alaska crab research nets donation from major California seafood retailer
FishNewsEU [PDF; 232 KB] and Fishermen’s News [PDF; 240 KB]
(September 29, 2010)
- Divers collect juvenile red king crabs for field study [PDF; 172 KB]
(August 31, 2010, Fishermen’s News)
- Hatchery crabs fuel research in Alaska [PDF; 341 KB]
(July–August 2010, Aquaculture North America)
- AKCRRAB makes largest shipment of juvenile red king crabs to date [PDF; 92 KB]
(June 22, 2010, Alaska Business Monthly)
- Future funding, cannibalistic juveniles plague king crab researchers [PDF; 264 KB]
(May 1, 2010, Seafood Business)
The online magazine Seafood Business reports on ongoing AKCRRAB research.
- The deadliest catch? [PDF; 3.4 MB]
(Spring 2010, Waterlines)
Waterlines, the newsletter of the Western Regional Aquacuture Center, ran a short feature on the AKCRRAB program. See pages 8–9.
- Scientists look to fourth year of crab hatchery research
(December 18, 2009, Alaska Sea Grant)
Scientists studying how to hatch and raise large numbers of larval king crab recently received wild adult king crab broodstock for another year of research. The scientists say three years of research have helped them clear many of the technological and biological hurdles to hatching and raising large numbers of larval crab to the juvenile stage in a hatchery setting.
- AKCRRAB launches newsletter
(August 2009)
Scientists involved in AKCRRAB research will highlight their work in a monthly newsletter called AKCRRAB News Flash. Subscribers will receive the newsletter electronically, and issues will be posted in the News Flash and News Flash Archives links under "Information" in the sidebar menu.
