In 2018, about 3 billion mature snow crabs (Chionoecetes opilio) inhabited the Bering Sea along with roughly five billion immature crabs, the Seattle Times reported.But by late 2021, those numbers ...

The Bering Sea snow crab season was canceled after billions of crabs disappeared, devastating Alaska’s fishing industry and the livelihoods of those who depend on it. From Alaska Public Media ...

About 10 billion snow crabs disappeared from the Bering Sea between 2018 and 2021. A recent study concluded that warmer water temperatures helped drive the crabs to starvation.

The Bering Sea fishing grounds are usually covered in sea ice in the winter. But there wasn’t much ice, and they fished further north than usual. Finding snow crabs was still difficult.

After crabs in the Bering Sea disappeared, fishermen say they're facing bankruptcy NPR's Scott Simon talks to crab fisherman Gabriel Prout about the crash of the Bering Sea snow crab population, ...

In the eastern Bering Sea, the snow crab population plummeted after a marine heat wave in 2018. The crabs may have starved, a new study finds.

Billions of crabs have disappeared from the Bering Sea near Alaska and the increasing temperature of the water seems to be the primary reason for it. New research from National Oceanic and ...

KODIAK, Alaska — Snow crabs are creatures that historically have filled Alaska's Bering Sea. That's why when they vanished, everyone was caught off guard. State of Alaska Researcher Ben Daly ...

Millions of snow crabs vanished from the Bering Sea, forcing a closure of the crabbing season in 2022 and 2023. Now, scientists are determining the future for 2024. Skip Navigation.

In October, news broke that scientists were estimating the “disappearance” of up to one billion wild crabs from the usually steady supply in the Bering Sea. This represents a 90 percent drop ...