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Canada’s latest assessment of southern gulf snow crab stock is bad news

On the positive side, the latest assessment reports the female population is healthy and growing

By Barb Dean-Simmons | Feb. 20, 2025 17:35 GMT
Snow crab being harvested in the Southern Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Photograph from Facebook page of Associations Des Crabiers Acadiens.
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The latest assessment of the crab stocks in Canada's second-largest snow crab fishing area further promotes the belief that the total allowable catch in 2025 will be cut by close to a quarter.  [...]

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