This means that the government of Alaska gives each fishing vessel a certain number of crabs they are allowed to catch for the year. Then, the crab boats head out to sea and don't stop laying ...

Captain Dan Veerhusen and Jan, his wife, run the Taurus, one of the few remaining boats that still fish herring in the Bering ...

Before heading up to Alaska, the ship loads up with three months ... "There are a lot of near misses even on the safest of crab boats," Arnold says. One time, a crane was lifting a crab pot ...

For two years in a row, the Alaska Department of Fish ... "There's not a lot you can do. These boats are specifically designed to go out and catch crab, so we're over $4 million in debt." ...