How Russia's War Made King Crab Big Business in Norway

This is a strange story about how an invasive crab species and Russia's war on Ukraine unexpectedly brought prosperity to a small Norwegian town.

0:00 — 1:05 Fortunes Reversed
1:05 — 1:52 Crabs Are Big Business
1:52 — 3:44 Gone Fishing
3:44 — 4:54 A Region of Opportunity
4:54 — 6:53 How To Care for Crab
6:53 — 9:01 Trouble on the Horizon

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[HonuFlight]

King Crab is a HUGE business. Even in Alaska, where it's caught in North America, for a pound at a restaurant you're looking at $100+.

[zeffster]

I remember when the king crab came to Norway well. It was considered an invasive spiecies, a pest, which harmed and drove out our native crab species. The ugly spider like crab was killing our friendly normal nostalgic crab.

It was called an invasion from russia. 30 years later the russian invasion was a blessing. Interpret it how you want. Or not. Its just a crab. 😂

[peterpataki]

It seems to me Norway is the biggest winner of the Russia-Ukraine war

[Sjalabais]

Norwegian here, I can't believe how lucky we are. Oil? Found it. Minerals? Got it. Fisheries? Doing it. Climate change? Lets do agriculture in the Arctic. Ukraine war? Let's sell oil, gas and fucking king crabs. We're a nation making fun of the rest of the world, by sheer luck.

[jan-christerhasti]

Norway has been fishing for king crab for decades. The fact that more money is being made from the king crab now is due to sanctions against Russia, in the same way that the USA is making large amounts of money from oil in the same situation. The fact that Norway is in the king crab segment is clearly a competitive advantage, nothing else
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[elvenkind]

Thanks for sharing news from my country. I'm half "northerner", so interesting to learn about what's going on up there, since I don't have a TV.

[anton]

Russia can still sell its King Crab to most Asian and Middle East markets without any restrictions

[x-men-]

Norwegian people are smart and speak English super well

[johngraham]

If the king crab is an invasive species I'm surprised that EVERY crab caught is not sold

[BuddhaKING]

Incredible how King Crab, an invasive species, became big business! Wish the US can spin the Asian carp into something profitable

[lil----lil]

King crab is a very expensive seafood delicacy in Asian countries. They sell them well over $30 PER CRAB. Holy tamale!

[Kaoson]

Moral of the story short: People change their minds when money appears. Once a pest becomes a delicacy. And politicians always exploit what is there to exploit by using words like "extremely fine product" for an invasive species.

[urbanstrencan]

What a great video keep up with great work bringing us videos like this 🤟🤟😍😉

[AceChina]

There's practically no background on how it became an invasive species nor how it has affected the local ecosystem. 🤷‍♂️

[CM-eynq]

It was seen as an invasive species indeed. Now you even find it at the Bergen fish market :)

[ThoughtFission]

I know this is a random question but does anyone in these comments know where to get King Crab in France? This Canadian is going through withdrawl. Absolutely impossible to find in the South West of France where I live.

[foxtrot-oscar-fu]

...love to see info on King Crab without Sig and the Deadliest Hairdressers 👌

[notorious]

You see how they do it without drama... very demure very mindful 🎉

[GnosticAtheist]

I hate how it looks irrelevant of the history. But if it sells it sells, and no fisherman will question that.

[damodarasamy]

What's the name of this place, I will add it to my list to visit.