Disruption of the ecosystem isn't always the answer. These things work on cycles and always have. The science paper shows a similar boom and bust in 2015, tho

Disruption of the ecosystem isn't always the answer. These things work on cycles and always have. The science paper shows a similar boom and bust in 2015, though they didn't identify a "heatwave" as the cause. I'm sure there is manmade influence here, we are pulling out $250mil in snow crab a year from those waters plus numerous other species that actually prey on the crab. Look at a similar example we all learned in elementary school. When there is a mast crop of acorns, more animals such as squirrels, deer, and mice will survive that year and breed. In turn, the predators will have more to eat that year and increase their population as well. The overabundant prey species will eventually be starved and numbers will be decimated below the carrying capacity of the land due to a combination of starvation and over predation. The following year, predators will die off. Then the prey population will rebuild. If prey is in a rebuild cycle when a mast crop happens, effects will be multiplied. Another example would be when multiple large cicada broods overlap and overwhelm an ecosystem with abundant food. My overall point is that although the original paper was interesting, the evidence could have supported other conclusions other than the one that they settled on.