etradefactory.com – In a blow to the U.S. seafood industry, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has canceled the winter Bering Sea snow crab season for the first time in Alaskan history. state because of their declining numbers. While restaurant menus will suffer, scientists are concerned about what the sudden population decline means for the health of the Arctic ecosystem.
An estimated one billion crabs have mysteriously disappeared in two years, state officials have said. It marks a population decline of 90%.
“Did they run up north to get that colder water?” asked Gabriel Prout, whose Kodiak Island fishing business relies heavily on the snow crab population. “Did they completely cross the border? Did they walk off the continental shelf on the edge there, over the Bering Sea?”
Ben Daly, an ADF & G researcher, investigates where the crabs have gone. He oversees the health of the state’s fishery, which produces 60% of the country’s seafood.
“Did they run up north to get that colder water?” asked Gabriel Prout, whose Kodiak Island fishing business relies heavily on the snow crab population. “Did they completely cross the border? Did they walk off the continental shelf on the edge there, over the Bering Sea?”
Ben Daly, an ADF & G researcher, investigates where the crabs have gone. He oversees the health of the state’s fishery, which produces 60% of the country’s seafood.
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