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Billions of crabs vanished unexpectedly, forcing the closure of Alaska's crab fishing industry. Scientists now have more answers. Billions of crabs suddenly vanished, likely due to climate change ...
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. Alaska cancels snow crab season, threatening key economic driver Skip to main content
Much of this foreign crab is reportedly caught and imported illegally and has led to a steady decline in the price of crab from $3.55 per pound in 2003 to $3.21 in 2004, $2.74 in 2005 and $2.30 in 2007 for Aleutian golden king crab, and $5.15 per pound in 2003 to $4.70 in 2004 to $4.52 in 2005 and $4.24 in 2007 for Bristol Bay red king crab.
Alaska Mist: At the end of 2013 King Crab season, this 166-foot factory trawler suffered a mechanical failure that the crew was unable to repair at sea that left it drifting 172 miles northeast of Dutch Harbor, near Amak Island on November 11, 2013. USCG dispatched the cutter Waesche and helicopter 6005 for rescue of the ship and its 22 crew ...
Fishermen and scientists were alarmed when billions of crabs vanished from the Bering Sea near Alaska in 2022. ... The decline of the Alaskan snow crab signals a wider ecosystem change in the ...
The red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus), also called Kamchatka crab or Alaskan king crab, is a species of king crab native to cold waters in the North Pacific Ocean and adjacent seas, but also introduced to the Barents Sea. It grows to a leg span of 1.8 m (5.9 ft), and is heavily targeted by fisheries.
The red king crab fishery was closed; the snow crab fishery cut to a tenth of the previous year's take. Alaska fishers fear another bleak season as crab populations dwindle in warming waters Skip ...