The snow crab population shrank from around 8 billion in 2018 to 1 billion in 2021.
“Snow crab is by far the most abundant of all the Bering Sea crab species that is caught commercially,” Daly told CNN. “So the shock and awe of many billions missing from the population is worth noting – and that includes all the females and babies.”
Officials cited over-fishing as their rationale for canceling the seasons. Mark Stichert, the groundfish and shellfish fisheries management coordinator with the state’s fish and game department, said that more crab were being fished out of the oceans than could be naturally replaced. In 2018, the ADFG recorded the largest juvenile snow crab spike in the fishery’s history, according to [Miranda Westphal, an area management biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game], sparking hope that the fishing stock would rise. In 2019, the juvenile population was still high and promising. That year, the Bering Sea saw a historic spike in water temperatures.
“This is so unbelievable that this is happening. We have third-generation fishermen who are going to go out of business,” AP news agency quoted Geon as saying.crews can catchSpeaking to KING5, Bri Dwyer, the wife of one of the star’s Deadliest Catch, said that the fishermen found out at the same time as everyone else that the season was canceled.
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