Snow Crab Collapse Due to Ecological Shift in the Bering Sea

Arctic conditions that dominated in the preindustrial Bering Sea are expected to continue to decline over the next 1-2 decades.

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Aerial image of a river with a road spanning across it and a boat in the background Aerial view of the Little Rapids restoration project site on the St. Marys River in Michigan. Credit: Jim Lehocky.
OysterCorps members planting marsh grasses (Photo: Franklin’s Promise Coalition) Funding will support multiple efforts to engage local young adults in habitat restoration and coastal resilience, including the OysterCorps program in Florida. Credit: Franklin's Promise Coalition.
Engineered log jam along the river bank. (Photo: Nooksack Tribe Natural Resources Department/Lummi Natural Resources) Engineered log jam along the river bank. Credit: Nooksack Tribe Natural Resources Department/Lummi Natural Resources
Top of whale seen from a vessel Eastern North Pacific Right whale MML# 84 “Cuatro” (female) in the Bering Sea in August 2017. Credit: K. Matsuoka/International Whaling Commission and NOAA Fisheries
A man wearing a beanie and life jacket stands on a dock. Behind him are several boats, including a canoe. Teacher at Sea Roy Arezzo on a dock for a rowing race. Courtesy: Roy Arezzo
Cloud testing for bioinformatics This underwater instrument onboard a NOAA Fisheries vessel is testing cloud storage solutions for NOAA Fisheries' research. Improvements in the technological and data management infrastructure are critical for fisheries management, species conservation and other important work. Undated image. Image credit: Courtesy of Phil LaMothe