According to the "Alaska commercial fishing industry", snow crab fishing season is kaput for 2023 and could be kaput for some time to come. All the snow crabs that people LOVE to break open and consume are gone. As in ... there are no snow crabs to be had. Not anywhere in commercial Alaska fishing territory. Nary a one snow crab to feed on. According to the Alaska commercial fishing folks that are in the know, 10 billion snow crabs have disappeared. I'm not exactly in the know as to how the Alaska commercial fishing folks came up with a number of "10 billion snow crabs" and the fishing folks haven't, yet, explained the number quoted. What we have here is a snow crab rapture. 10 billion of anything is an astounding number. For a powerpoint presentation on a case by case indicator, the lottery thingies that folks get all head up over is a measly 1.5 billion dollars. That is still an astounding amount of bucks. However, 10 billion snow crabs missing in fishing action is astonishing. That 10 billion is a best guess number. I think so anyway. I mean who in hell actually counts snow crabs. I've known people that had to count body crabs and that's probably icky as hell. Body crabs could easily number in the billions and I can only hope that the body crabs are far I mean really far far from here. Back to the case of the missing Alaskan snow crabs. Evidently, this has much to do with warming oceans and in particular a warming Pacific Ocean that in turn leads to the Bering Straits which is, or used to be, home to snow crabs. I'm gonna wind this screed up here by stating categorically, 10 billion or a measly 1 billion snow crabs missing can NOT be good for our numbingly cold Pacific Ocean. Or an Alaskan commercial fishing industry. The snow crab fishing guys have still got to pay the mortgage on those way spiffy snow crab fishing boats. I suppose that now the snow crab fishing guys are believers in our warming global oceans scenario. Bummer for the snow crab fishing guys. Maybe the snow crab fishing guys could get U2 to headline a benefit concert to help those seriously affected by a missing 10 billion snow crabs. Now for Friday machine art .
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I have to wonder what, if any, edible sea life is left in our world's oceans. sharks are not so plentiful anymore. salmon are under dire threat. cod is a goner. maybe the snow crab fishing guys could fish for those invasive and introduced lionfish species. according to Florida commercial fishing guys, the introduced species of lionfish is a real pain in the ass so, maybe Alaska snow crab fishing guys might help out
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