Snow crab populations declined after a 2019 Bering Sea warming that scrambled the broader marine ecosystem. Last year's snow crab harvest of 5.6 million pounds was the smallest in over 40 years.

King crab females give 50,000 to 500,000 eggs, which spring into being after hatching in spring. The king crab larvae are shrimp-like and last two or three months as larvae before developing into ...

As recently as 2016, the Bering Sea crab harvests grossed $280 million. But populations of both snow crab and red king crab have been declining, and this summer’s population surveys were particularly ...

Crab boats in Newfoundland and Labrador have stayed tied on this season, with harvesters refusing to fish for $2.20 per pound of crab, the figure set by the province's price-setting panel.

Between 2018 and 2021, approximately 10 billion snow crabs disappeared from the frigid waters of the eastern Bering Sea off the Alaskan coast, causing the snow crab population to plunge to record ...

Norway exported almost all of the 5.4 million pounds (about 2.44 million kg) of king crab it caught in 2023, earning sales of $110 million (about 17.3 billion yen), a 42% increase from the ...