Alaska's snow crab season canceled for second year in a row 02:17. Gabriel Prout is grateful for a modest haul of king crab, but it's the vanishing of another crustacean variety that has the ...

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.

On average, snow crabs bring in about $150 million of annual revenue for Alaskan fisheries. In the 2021-2022 crabbing season, that revenue fell to around $24 million.

Snow crab legs, the pale-pink centerpiece of any self-respecting seafood platter, are no longer on the menu. They are the victim of a massive population crash that led Alaska to cancel its 2022 ...

This year’s survey remained below the state’s threshold, Daly said, and earlier this month, the department canceled the 2023-24 season. Snow crab numbers will likely take between three and ...

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 ...

Between 2018 and 2021, there was an unexpected 92% decline in snow crab abundance, or about 10 billion crabs. The crabs had been plentiful in the years prior, puzzling scientists and crabbers alike.

Alaskan officials recently canceled the Bering Sea snow crab season for the second year in a row — and the second time ever — due to dwindling crab population levels.. When researchers with ...

The snow crab population in the Bering Sea off the western coast of Alaska has fluctuated for decades. An increase in young crabs back in 2018 led to optimism that fishing would rebound.

Snow crab fishing in Alaska returns, but fishermen face uncertainty amid reduced quotas 03:48. For two years in a row, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game canceled the snow crab season in the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Bering Sea snow crab season is set to open on set to open Oct. 15 for the first time in two years. After the Alaska Department of Fish and Game canceled back-to-back ...