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For two years in a row, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game canceled the snow crab season in the Bering Sea after biologists discovered an estimated 10 billion crabs had mysteriously ...
For the first time, crews in Alaska won’t be braving ice and sea spray to pluck snow crab from the Bering Sea.
As a result, the current season is very short and in the 2010 season, only 24,000,000 pounds (11,000,000 kg) of red king crab were landed. [3] Alaskan crab fishing is very dangerous, and the fatality rate among the fishermen is about 80 times the fatality rate of the average worker.
In 2022, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) banned commercial fishing of snow crabs in the Bering Sea for the first time for the 2022/23 season. [13] The reason for this was the sharp decline in the population.
About 10 billion snow crabs disappeared from Bering Sea waters between 2018 and 2021, forcing fisheries to shutter in Alaska last winter and threatening the state’s economy.
What happened to Alaska's crabs? Between 2018 and 2021, there was an unexpected 92% decline in snow crab abundance, or about 10 billion crabs. The crabs had been plentiful in the years prior ...
Chionoecetes bairdi is a species of snow crab, alternatively known as bairdi crab and tanner crab. C. bairdi is closely related to Chionoecetes opilio, and it can be difficult to distinguish C. opilio from C. bairdi. Both species are found in the Bering Sea and are sold commercially under the name "snow
Alaskan officials are investigating their disappearance, citing climate change or disease as possibilites. Jonathan Vigliotti takes a look. Alaska snow crab harvest canceled for first time ever ...