Alaska's snow crab season canceled for second year in a row ... - CBS News
Jan 5, 2024 · Gabriel Prout is grateful for a modest haul of king crab, but it's the vanishing of another crustacean variety that has the fishing port in Kodiak, Alaska, bracing for financial fallout; for the...
Alaska's snow crab season is back after 2-year pause, but ... - CBS News
Jan 7, 2025 · 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...
Why Ten Billion Snow Crabs Disappeared Off the Coast of Alaska
Oct 20, 2023 · Between 2018 and 2021, the snow crab population off the coast of Alaska declined dramatically: Some 10 billion of the cold water-loving crustaceans disappeared, which represents around 90...
In surprising move, Bering Sea snow crab fishery ... - Alaska …
Oct 8, 2024 · The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Friday afternoon that Bering Sea fishermen will be allowed to harvest a total of about 4.7 million pounds of opilio, also known as snow crab,...
Billions of crabs went missing around Alaska. Scientists now know …
Oct 19, 2023 · Billions of snow crabs have disappeared from the ocean around Alaska in recent years, and scientists now say they know why: Warmer ocean temperatures likely caused them to starve to death.
Second snow crab season canceled as researchers ... - Anchorage Daily News
Oct 30, 2023 · Scientists canceled the 2020 snow crab survey because of the pandemic. Some hoped the population would rebound, but the 2021 data showed the situation had worsened.
Bering Sea snow crab fishing to resume, but at an ultra-low level …
Oct 16, 2024 · With the recently announced 4.5-million-pound quota for tanner crab, a species related to snow crab, Bering Sea fishers will now be able to harvest all three species consecutively again after a yearslong break, making their …
What Happened to All the Alaska Snow Crabs - NOAA Fisheries
Apr 25, 2024 · A few years ago, snow crab populations in Alaska collapsed. Hear how NOAA biologists solved the mystery of what happened to them. In October 2022, the Bering Sea snow crab season was canceled for the first time in U.S. history.
Billions of crabs vanished around Alaska. Scientists have ... - CNN
Aug 21, 2024 · Fishermen and scientists were alarmed when billions of crabs vanished from the Bering Sea near Alaska in 2022. It wasn’t overfishing, scientists explained — it was likely the shockingly warm...
Alaska snow crab season canceled as officials investigate ... - CBS News
Oct 14, 2022 · In a major blow to America's seafood industry, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has, for the first time in state history, canceled the winter snow crab season in the Bering Sea due to...