The theories are many. The crabs moved into Russian waters. They are dead because predators got them. They are dead because they ate each other. The crabs scuttled off the continental shelf and scientists just didn t see them. Alien abduction.
Movement alone doesn't explain it: Crabs are a benthic species, meaning they crawl around on the ocean bottom and are not able to migrate as quickly as many finfish.
Even as scientists are still trying to figure out why the Bering Sea snow crab stock crashed in 2021, federal managers are working on a plan to help rebuild it. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council last week voted to accept alternatives for analysis on its snow crab rebuilding plan a middle step before implementing an actual plan that will change fishing regulations
The vote on whether Newfield Town would opt in or out of legalizing cannabis retail came down to just one board member whose ultimate decision was surprising even to herself.