pl23_fish1360.jpg
![Beginning of the Alaska King Crab fishery fish1360.jpg Beginning of the Alaska King Crab fishery](https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_fish1360.jpg)
Image
Download ( 1.36 MB )Permalink
https://www.noaa.gov/media/digital-library-photo/pl23fish1360jpgDescription
Beginning of the Alaska King Crab fishery. Meat from one crab is sufficient tofill several cans. Scientists of the Fish and Wildlife Service, a forerunner of today's NMFS, showed where to catch crabs and helped develop satisfactorycanning methods. King crab being shown by Captain Trafton on the shipDOROTHY. F&W; - 12,476.
Photographer
Archival photograph by Mr. Sean Linehan
Location
Alaska
Collection
Historic Fisheries
NOAA Affiliation
NOS
Keywords
Fisheries
Historical