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Re:Alaska snow crab season canceled after disappearance of a... by insane_dreamer on Friday October 14, 2022 @04:24PM (#33208406)
> considered to be sustainably harvested (by NOAA, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, others)

maybe they considered incorrectly, based on historical data that doesn't reflect recent conditions

also possibly that regulations are being flaunted by bad actors

it could seem improbable that either of those would lead to a sudden catastrophic decline, but many systems do experience a point where what had been a linear decline suddenly craters in a non-linear fashion

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Re:Alaska snow crab season canceled after disappearance of a... by PuppyTailWags on Friday October 14, 2022 @04:31PM (#33208472)
In previous collapses such organizations sounded the alarm well before. Something else is happening.
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Re:Alaska snow crab season canceled after disappearance of a... by barkingcat on Friday October 14, 2022 @06:44PM (#33209673)
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2021/10/09/alaska-snow-crab-...

The alarm has been sounding for at least a season, maybe even more.

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Re:Alaska snow crab season canceled after disappearance of a... by llbeansandrice on Friday October 14, 2022 @06:57PM (#33209783)
By contrast cod that folks keep referencing collapsed 90% over _30 years_. An issue with a single season does not suggest that the regulations weren't strict enough. They now do need to become more strict as a reaction to the population but fishing is not the only pressure on a population and I find it difficult to believe that snow crab would be fished basically to extinction in < 700 days
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