Crab Shortage 2025

Crab Shortage 2025. For the first time, crews in alaska won’t be braving ice and sea spray to pluck snow crab from the bering sea. The product was identified as previously frozen.

Snow crab numbers have dropped by more than 87% in 2022 (via new scientist), down from 8 billion to just 1 billion in less than five years. Fishermen and distributors are working together to find ways.