After an unprecedented two-year closure, there are enough snow crab to support a ‘conservative’ harvest, while the allowable harvest of red king crab has increased a bit.

ALASKA, USA — Officials in Alaska announced Friday that a limited snow crabbing season in the Bering Sea will be allowed this year. The announcement comes after the crabbing season was canceled ...

Alaska's snow crab fishing industry came to a standstill in 2022 after an alarming disappearance of the animals, and now scientists are increasingly confident that man-made climate change is to ...

Millions of snow crabs vanished from the Bering Sea, forcing a closure of the crabbing season in 2022 and 2023. Now, scientists are determining the future for 2024.

Alaskan officials recently canceled the Bering Sea snow crab season for the first time ever after scientists discovered an unprecedented decline in crab numbers. Climate change is the No. 1 ...

The Bering Sea was once full of snow crabs (Chionoecetes opilio), providing an abundant food source worth more than a quarter-billion dollars. But a few years ago, the crab populations crashed ...

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Crab fishermen in Alaska, already scrambling to stay afloat as crab numbers plummet in the Bering Sea, are concerned that more of the same awaits in October.

Bering Sea snow crab, with two specimens seen in this undated photo, support an iconic Alaska seafood harvest, but a crash in population triggered two consecuctive years of closure, starting in 2022.