The study warned that climate change caused by humans is the 'next existential crisis' for fishing communities across the world.
Scientists have linked warmer sea temperatures to the mass starvation of billions of crabs, in a warning that climate change is the "next existential crisis" for fishing communities globally.The Alaskan harvesting season of the crab was cancelled for the second year in a row earlier this month due to the low population levels, potentially having a "staggering blow" to rural communities in the area.
"The disappearance of snow crab will be a staggering blow to the functioning of some communities in rural Alaska, such as those on Saint Paul Island, which rely strongly on the revenue derived from the capture and processing of snow crab. Scientists considered possibilities the crabs had moved to other parts of the sea, but population surveys in other areas did not support that explanation.
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