Expert identifies what caused a massive die-off of Alaska’s snow crabs

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  • Published:Oct. 21, 2022, 5:03 p.m.

A boat with a big tub of crab piled on each other is sorted by roughly four people.
Deckhands aboard the crab boat Arctic Hunter in the Bering Sea off Alaska separate male and female snow crab, March 21, 2013. There will be no Bering Sea red king crab or snow crab harvests this year.Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times/TNS

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Last week, there was mass confusion as to why Alaskan snow crabs have disappeared.

This week, there may be a plausible answer as to why crab legs will be so hard to get your hands on.

According toYahoo, climate change may be the prime suspect in a mass die-off of Alaska’s snow crabs, experts say, after the state took the unprecedented step ofcanceling their harvest this seasonto save the species.

Here’s the thing.

There’s an annual survey of the Bering Sea floor carried out…

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