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Do we actually know they died? And didn't just migrate? Also can we write off illegal Russian fishing? https://www.theepochtimes.com/alaskan-snow-crab-fisher

• nomel 4y ago
  It's really frustrating that the CBS articles don't have any links to the survey data, and now they're using a single person's factually stated claim, which doesn't appear to be based on any data. No numbers anywhere. It could definitely be true, but wow, this wouldn't pass a smell test in any professional environment I've worked in, but it's making national news. I'll be waiting for an org that's remotely related to scientific journalism, before believing anything. Related, it looks like adult males can move 8km/day [1]. If we had an idea of the area that was sampled, we could get a rough estimate for drop if it was from migration, alone. Also, they have a 20 year lifespans, so this couldn't just be from a single missed spawning season. 1. https://academic.oup.com/jcb/article/37/4/380/3869641 https://academic.oup.com/jcb/article/37/4/380/3869641