The Report of the 2024 Snow Crab Workshop: Clawing Their Way Back; A Comparative Newfoundland–Alaska Snow Crab
Workshop Toward Sustainable Management in Uncertain Times is now available!
This report is the product of an international snow crab workshop, convened in St. John’s, Newfoundland, in the spring of 2024, and provides a comprehensive synthesis of snow crab research from across the Northern Hemisphere. Scientists from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, NOAA, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Norway’s Institute of Marine Research, and academic institutions shared data and perspectives comparing stocks from the Bering Sea to the Barents Sea, revealing both promising hypotheses about the recent Eastern Bering Sea collapse and critical knowledge gaps that remain. The report captures presentations on climate linkages, spatial population dynamics, reproductive health indicators, and management approaches, offering a foundation for continued international collaboration as we work to understand why snow crab populations in Alaska have diverged so dramatically from patterns observed elsewhere.