Research: Escape hatch could spare undersized Arctic snow crabs

Snow crab

Source: Kristine Cerbule

Team behind the study says the UK’s brown crab fishery could also benefit from the innovation

Researchers working in Norway’s Barents Sea say a simple modification to snow crab pots could sharply reduce the number of undersized animals accidentally caught in the Arctic fishery.

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