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Canada science team finds world’s largest snow crab stock healthy, suggesting high quota repeat

The overall biomass of commercial-sized male crabs is still high around Newfoundland and Labrador, estimated at 241,000 metric tons in the latest science assessment

By Barb Dean-Simmons | Feb. 25, 2025 16:11 GMT
Snow crab from Newfoundland and Labrador. Photo from FFAW Facebook page
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The world's largest snow crab fishery is in good health, and looks likely to receive a 2025 quota that's similar to the gigantic one permitted in 2024, based on a presentation made by Canadian government scientists on Tuesday (Feb. 25). [...]

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