Scientists explain why billions of Alaska snow crabs have disappeared

The crisis first began in early 2022 after biologists discovered an estimated 10 billion crabs disappeared - a 90% plunge in the population.
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[chuckaddison]

Who didn't think climate change was going to be blamed?

[American_patriot_]

Y'all sure China's fishing boats wasn't over here like they are doing every other country

[AKrn]

You would think billions of dead crabs would be noticed.

[kevincrain]

Don't need to be a scientist to figure this one out, China, and Costco.

[JayDeeze]

This is bull. Show me 10 billion snow crabs dead bodies. They can survive for months without eating and are cannibals and will eat their young and smaller crabs if they are hungry. They didn’t die they have just moved and haven’t been found yet. They aren’t finding miles and miles of dead crabs they just aren’t finding anything meaning the crabs are smarter than the people looking for them.

[aftanomkuzmin]

DRAGGERS DRAGGERS DRAGGERS IS THE PROBLEM ESPECIALLY BERING SEA

[tuomasholo]

I can affirm several dozen snow crabs have disappeared into my belly.

[andybales]

The crabs are still there, but have moved from the typical areas...zero chance anyone has searched the whole area of the oceans, to say "they're gone"...common sense is so lacking in today's world...could be multiple reasons for them to vacate to other areas of the oceans

[Sun_Salt_and_Gasoline]

So the crabs weren't overfished by the hundreds of millions, it was the temperature of the water going up 2°F. Got it.

[LostandFoundTravel]

Get ready for "Maybe they have all migrated to the other side of the flat earth."

[thebigleone]

That damn Sig Hansen caught all of them.

[wasupfool]

These crabs are caught at a depth where temperatures change hardly at all from summer to winter.

[philbuell]

It's really not that difficult to figure out, they use the magnetic poles to navigate the ocean floor and if you've been paying attention the poles have been dramatically moving.

[DoorPro]

It’s really the gaps in the information. How much did the water temp actually rise?

[jimmyf]

Is their habitat living depth and diet so different from other crabs, that they alone have died off by the billions?
B.S. not buying it!

[robertmedina]

You have the truth and then you have the news.

[joshuagarvey]

Water temps?over fishing?polution?…Everything points to us humans.

[dougalexander]

Don’t throw toothpicks in the toilet. The crabs are learning to pole vault.

[robappeldorn]

Why are there 500, 000 Chinese fishing boats in Alaska?

[chico]

On top of his game one moment, now sitting at home with nothing to do after losing everything, now I’m sure he’s a nice guy and what I’m about to say may not apply to him, but this is why you treat people with kindness and compassion, don’t judge or criticize people who get vehicles repossessed, people who become homeless, or be selfish and look down on the less fortunate in general, because all it takes is for something beyond your control, that’ll wipe your fortune away in an instant.