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News spotlight: What happened to Alaska’s snow crabs? Scientists have a few leads. | Conservation International
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News spotlight: What happened to Alaska’s snow crabs? Scientists have a few leads. | Conservation International

Conservation International·@HashtagPLUS·about 1 month ago
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Editor's note: News about conservation and the environment is made every day, but some of it can fly under the radar. In a recurring feature, Conservation News shares a recent news story that you should know about. Deep in the frigid east Bering Sea, snow crabs have historically flourished — supporting Alaska’s $160 million annual crabbing industry. Yet state officials recently sent shockwaves across the industry when they announced there would be no snow crab season this year for the first time — a big blow for commercial crabbers. The species’ population has dropped more than a staggering 80 percent, leaving officials with no choice but to call off the catch, Emma Bryce reported for The Guardian . What’s behind the dramatic die-off? The theories all point in one direction: warming oceans.…

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