Alaska will cancel the upcoming winter snow crab season in the Bering Sea for the first time, and bar fishers from catching king crabs in the Bristol Bay for a second consecutive year, because of ...

In Alaska, last fall's shocking collapse of the snow crab fishery shows that conditions for sea life can and are rapidly changing.

Scientists are still evaluating the cause or causes of the snow crab collapse after a stretch of record-breaking warmth in Bering Sea waters spiked in 2019.

The snow crab crisis in Alaska first began in early 2022, after biologists discovered an estimated 10 billion crabs disappeared — a 90% plunge in the population.

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 ...

Alaska’s snow crab show resilience to ocean acidification, which is underway in the Bering Sea Study a possible bright spot for species hammered by a warmth-triggered crash.

Alaska officials have canceled several crab harvests in a conservation effort that sent shock waves through the region's crabbing industry.

Alaska Cancels Snow Crab Season Amid Population Declines Biologists say the warming of the waters of the Bering Sea in recent years is a possible factor in the decline of snow crabs.

Alaska’s snow crabs have disappeared. Where they went is a mystery. Scientists blame climate change as consumers mourn the potential loss of a seafood delicacy ...

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 ...

The Alaska snow crab harvest has been canceled for the first time ever after billions of the crustaceans have disappeared from the cold, treacherous waters of the Bering Sea in recent years.

For two years in a row, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game canceled the snow crab season in the Bering Sea after biologists discovered an estimated 10 billion crabs had mysteriously ...