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Scientists have more evidence to explain why billions of crabs vanished around Alaska | CNN
2024-08-21 by in CNNWarmer, ice-free conditions in the southeast Bering Sea are roughly 200 times more likely now than before humans began burning planet-warming fossil fuels.
Tagged under: Sealife | Climate Change Impacts | Alaska | Arctic
Ocean temperatures reach their hottest in modern history
2024-03-07 by in The Times & The Sunday TimesClimate scientists fear further warming to come, putting fish, dolphins and coral reefs in danger
Tagged under: Fish | Extreme Heat | Sealife | Oceans
‘Killed in vast numbers’: horseshoe crabs under threat from overharvesting
2024-03-02 in The GuardianThe crabs’ blue blood is used to test vaccines, saving millions of lives – but there are synthetic alternatives
Tagged under: Wildlife | Sealife
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
2023-12-31 (or before) in CCAMLRTagged under: Sealife | Antarctic
Billions of Alaska snow crabs likely vanished due to warm ocean, study says
2023-10-21 in The GuardianThe crabs starved to death en masse because the change in water temperature increased their caloric needs, according to the NOAA
Tagged under: Fish | Oceans | Wildlife | Alaska | Sealife
The collapse of eastern Bering Sea snow crab | Science
2023-10-20 in Science | AAASA marine heatwave precipitated the collapse of the eastern Bering Sea snow crab population.
Tagged under: Collapse | Sealife
How Warming Ruined a Crab Fishery and Hurt an Alaskan Town
2023-06-11 (or before) in Yale E360As the world warms, extended spikes in ocean temperatures are triggering the collapse of key marine populations. For the Aleut community of St. Paul, Alaska, the loss of the snow crab fishery is having a profound economic impact and raising questions about the future.
Tagged under: Oceans | Climate Change | Fish | Collapse | Alaska | Sealife
Crab populations are crashing. Could losing their sense of smell be one of the important reasons why?
2023-05-09 (or before) in EurekAlert! Science News ReleasesA new U of T Scarborough study finds that climate change is causing a commercially significant marine crab to lose its sense of smell, which could partially explain why their populations are thinning.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Sealife
Mass crab die-off: scientists say ‘we weren’t questioned’ for crucial report
2023-01-15 in The GuardianA review panel on the 2021 Teesside eco-disaster is due to send its findings to ministers this week, but evidence from academics may not be given full weight
Tagged under: Oceans | Fish | Sealife
Into the ice: A crab boat’s quest for snow crab in a Bering Sea upended by climate change
2022-10-17 (or before) in The Seattle TimesThe Bering Sea's winter ice is treacherous, but it's also a key ally to the snow crab fishery. When it's not there, the crab population suffers.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fish | Washington State | Sealife
1 billion crabs go missing, causing cancellation of Alaskan snow crab season
2022-10-16 (or before) in Massachusetts Local News, Breaking News, Sports and WeatherThis marks the first time that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has canceled the winter snow crab season, coming as a consequence of their massive population drop.
Tagged under: Oceans | Fish | Wildlife | Alaska | Sealife
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2022-10-14 in The New York TimesDiscover the value of independent Times journalism today.
Tagged under: Fish | Alaska | Sealife
Crab and lobster shells could be used to make renewable batteries
2022-09-01 in The GuardianPrototype designed using chemical in crustacean shells remains 99.7% efficient after about 400 hours
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Shell | Batteries | Sealife
Update on investigation into the deaths of crabs and lobster in the North East
2022-02-10 (or before) in GOV.UKResults of investigation point to a naturally occurring harmful algal bloom being the cause.
Tagged under: Sealife
Death and decimation: Whitby devastated by declining marine life
2022-02-10 in The GuardianUnprecedented levels of crabs, lobsters, coral and sea birds are dying on north-east coast
Tagged under: Fish | Wildlife | Coral Reefs | Sea Level | Sealife
Eyewitnesses to disaster: Commercial fishermen implore action on the collapse of Alaska ecosystems
2021-10-30 (or before) in The Seattle TimesThe North Pacific ecosystem is asking us to re-calibrate. Fish and crab stocks are crashing. As professional commercial fishermen, we need regulatory rules nimble enough to deal with new, rapidly-changing realities.
Tagged under: Pacific Ocean | Fish | Collapse | Alaska | Washington State | Sealife
Alaska Red King Crab Dethroned by Scientific Fraud - PEER.org
2021-04-26 by in Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility - PEER.orgBristol Bay red king crab is nearing commercial extinction due to scientific fraud by the fisheries branch of NOAA, according to a complaint filed by PEER.
Tagged under: Fish | Alaska | Extinction | Sealife
Half of all marine life lost in 40 years: WWF report
2015-09-16 in ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)The populations of some species marine animals have declined by 49 per cent in just four decades, according to one of the most extensive surveys of sealife ever compiled.
Tagged under: Sealife
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