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Alaska cancels snow crab season, threatening key economic driver
NBC News ^

Posted on 10/14/2022 9:06:58 AM PDT by bigdaddy45

For the first time, crews in Alaska won’t be braving ice and sea spray to pluck snow crab from the Bering Sea.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game canceled the snow crab season earlier this week after a catastrophic population crash of the sizable crustaceans. The red king crab season was canceled for the second year in a row, making it a two-pronged disaster for Alaska’s economy and for those whose livelihoods rely on crab.

“It’s going to be life-changing, if not career-ending, for people,” said Dean Gribble Sr., a 63-year-old crab boat captain who has fished for “opies” — snow crab — since the late 1970s. “A lot of these guys with families and kids, there’s no option other than getting out. That’s where the hammer is going to fall — on the crew.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: beringsea; crabseason; fishingindustry; kingcrabs; snowcrabs
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To: bigdaddy45

“Deadliest Catch” now becomes “The Viking Returns”.


41 posted on 10/14/2022 10:59:12 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PGR88

Maybe China snuck in and caught them all.


42 posted on 10/14/2022 10:59:49 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Daffynition

Also caught in Norway, as an invasive species, are 2X as big, fetching up to $30 lb.


43 posted on 10/14/2022 11:01:21 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: bigdaddy45

Gold King are going to be big - one guy made $5.6 million last season


44 posted on 10/14/2022 11:03:02 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Daffynition

Also Kings are completely different from your Reference chart when they go live into the pot - more like lobster than Dungies.


45 posted on 10/14/2022 11:05:19 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: bigdaddy45

Hunter Biden has all the crabs


46 posted on 10/14/2022 11:05:51 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: PIF

Do you know the reason why they are so much larger?

Water temp?

What they feed on?

Jes wonderin’.


47 posted on 10/14/2022 11:06:50 AM PDT by Daffynition (*This admin tells us *A* story; but they don't tell us *THE* story* & :) ~ D Bongino)
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To: from occupied ga

Herein the Midwest - live lobster $20, frozen lobster $16, NY Strip steak $25


48 posted on 10/14/2022 11:08:56 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: dljordan; BiteYourSelf

Two or three years ago Russia changed their crab season to run with ours. The fleet was having to go closer to the Russian fleet to compete.
I’m wondering if having two major fleets fishing at the same time has depleted the Kings?

China does longline fishing, not sure about having a separate crab fleet though. I’m sure the Chinese are happy to buy any crabs Ivan may have for sale.


49 posted on 10/14/2022 11:28:12 AM PDT by oldvirginian (When I was a kid I wanted to be older…this is not what I expected)
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To: bigdaddy45

My most favorite treat is now so expensive (it was never cheap) I hardly ever have it anymore. I even steamed my own and bought 5 pound boxes of the king crap but now you have to rob a bank to pay for it thanks to President Retard


50 posted on 10/14/2022 11:39:34 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: Daffynition

No Idea, Daffy. Maybe in later episodes of “The Viking Returns”, Sig will answer those questions.


51 posted on 10/14/2022 11:58:25 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: bigdaddy45

But how will we get fake reality shows?


52 posted on 10/14/2022 1:23:47 PM PDT by fso301
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To: dsrtsage

Epic reply, bro! Sarc tags are for weenies, kind of like saying “please clap”. Just like you said, good sarcasm is gotten or not, each path with its own entertainment potential.


53 posted on 10/14/2022 1:53:37 PM PDT by Rinnwald
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To: bigdaddy45

Well Discovery Channels Deadliest Catch just got canceled since neither type Crabs are being Harvested. So much for the return of “The Viking”


54 posted on 10/14/2022 2:08:22 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: All

https://www.alaskankingcrab.com/blogs/resources/blog-learn-life-and-history-of-king-crab

From the article:

“1983: King crab fishing stocks drop almost sixty-fold — over-fishing and environmental changes are identified as root causes. Warmer waters boosted the volumes of king crab predators (pollock and cod), causing the number of juvenile crabs to significantly decrease.”


55 posted on 10/14/2022 2:39:56 PM PDT by EVO X ( )
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To: bigdaddy45

From last October:

‘Alaska Snow Crab Harvest Cut By 88% After Population Crash In Bering Sea”

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4002762/posts


56 posted on 10/14/2022 5:27:22 PM PDT by Izzatso
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To: dsrtsage

Need a ‹sarc› tag.


57 posted on 10/14/2022 6:13:01 PM PDT by Rifleman
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