Snow crab landings were recorded at over 56,000 tonnes in 2024. "Fisheries landings increased from a 25-year low in 2019," said DFO biologist Julia Pantin.

Snow crabs in a fish market. (Tessa57/ iStock/ Getty Images Plus) “Snow crab is by far the most abundant of all the Bering Sea crab species that is caught commercially,” Daly explained.

The latest stock assessment for snow crab off the waters of Newfoundland and Labrador is in and the news is a mixed bag of sorts. According to the stock assessment conclusions that were presented ...

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 ...

Minister LeBlanc said he believes the snow crab fishery in the southern Gulf, which landed $462-million last year, can go ahead despite the new measures. “This year I hope will tell us we can ...

The snow crab stock looked promising in recent years, sparking hope amid the steep decade-long decline of Alaskan king crab. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game also canceled the season for Bristol ...

When the season was canceled last year, there was a sense of confusion among the Alaska crab fisher community. Now, a sense of panic is taking hold in the state's fisheries, which produce 60% of ...

Snow crabs, a cold-water Arctic species, thrive overwhelmingly in areas where water temperatures are below 2 degrees Celsius, though they can physically function in waters up to 12 degrees Celsius.