alaskan king crab fishing is an event done in the winter in the bering sea near alaska. people fish for many king crabs. the crabbers fish from boats between 40 and 250 feet (13-75m) in length. they throw steel cages, called pots, over the side of the boat, and the crabs are lured to bait placed in them. when the pots have been on the bottom of the sea long enough they are pulled back onto the boat using a special kind of crane. the crabs in the pots are examined and crabs that are not good enough are put back into the ocean and the rest are put into a tank. when the ship gets back to the shore, the crabs are sold to stores around the world for eating.