Crabber

As for Joe Palmer, Travelstead said, "He's the kind of crabber we like." ❋ By STEVE SZKOTAK, Associated Press Writer (2009)

In late October Noah's mother Lorrie who is a crabber, heard an airplane flying very low over their house. ❋ Jerry Cope (2011)

Who gets the king crabs, the local family with their single 4 foot pot that they pull by hand from 300 feet down or the crabber from Seattle with his huge pots and hydraulic pullers on a 100+ foot boat. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Nick Barone, another crabber seeking just-in-time work, said he pulled in $25,000 in 10 weeks, a boon for the 23-year-old local. ❋ Joel Millman (2011)

Since we switched to catch shares, one commercial crabber has died in the fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. ❋ Scott Campbell Jr. (2011)

The good and bad of working for BP's cleanup were illustrated in just the few hours that Cortez -- the Louisiana crabber -- and his crew spent working one recent day, tending the boom on Bayou Dufrene. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the town of Golden Meadow, along Bayou Lafourche, crabber Thomas Barrios said he felt "devastated" and "helpless." ❋ Unknown (2010)

He had quit school to start fishing at age 12, joining his father and grandfather on the water to work as a crabber, an oysterman and a shrimper before starting his own business as a fishing guide in the 1980s. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Matthew Peterson, a crabber in Yscloskey, La., hasn't put out his traps since oil began washing ashore. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He looked into becoming a commercial crabber, working in title insurance and as a bail bondsman. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Phil Harris, a lavishly tattooed, chain-smoking, hard-drinking, foul-mouthed, veteran crabber with a big heart, suffered a stroke aboard the Cornelia Marie while in port. ❋ Unknown (2010)