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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 ...
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 ...
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.
For the first time, crews in Alaska won’t be braving ice and sea spray to pluck snow crab from the Bering Sea.
Commercial fishermen in Alaska, early 20th century. Alaska's commercial fishermen work in one of the world's harshest environments. They endure isolated fishing grounds, high winds, seasonal darkness, very cold water, icing, freezing cold temperatures, days upon days away from family, and short fishing seasons, where very long work days are the norm.
Due to the massive harvests, numbers declined sharply, with only 1,200,000 pounds (540,000 kg) harvested in 1984. Sensing the danger of overfishing tanner crab to the point of extinction, legislators and fisheries managers closed tanner crab fishing entirely in 1986 and 1987. Policy adjustments were made to limit the catch, but the fishery was ...
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 ...