In the eastern Bering Sea, the snow crab population plummeted after a marine heat wave in 2018. The crabs may have starved, a new study finds.
  • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
    173·
    11 months ago

    On average, snow crabs bring in about $150 million of annual revenue for Alaskan fisheries

    Of course the article had to mention money. This is sad for a multitude of reasons, and this isn’t one of them.

    • Dangdoggo@kbin.social
      10·
      11 months ago

      But the comparison between 150 M in fishable crab and 24 M in fishable crab does help illustrate how heavy the effects have been. Believe me, I hate the need to illustrate things in dollar signs too but it is an effective tool when many peoples frames of reference are geared that way. I guess I’m just devils advocating