For the first time in history, fishing season for Alaskan snow crabs has been canceled. That’s because the population of the species—which lives in the cold waters of the Bering Sea—has fallen below the regulatory threshold for the first time. The Alaska Board of Fisheries and North Pacific Fishery Management Council made the call last week to cancel the harvest in an effort to revive the species. How far below the regulatory threshold is the Alaskan snow crab population? The crab count was at 8 million in 2018 and fell to 1 million in 2021, a steep decline that includes female and juvenile crabs, CNN reports. The sharp drop is due in part to aggressive commercial fishing—where the crabs are being removed at a faster rate than they can reproduce—but the climate crisis is a more likely culprit. Go to VegNews.com to read more! #crabs #crabfishing #sustainability #sustainable #friendsnotfood #compassion #sustainableliving #sustainablity #seafood #veganseafood #sustainablysourced #fishing #crabbing #snowcrab