Crab claws are considered a delicacy, while the crab body itself is not always appreciated by customers. That’s why the claws are valuable to the fishing industry, while the body is harder to sell. And to ensure that fishermen don’t simply break off the claws and throw the clawless crabs back into the sea, there are, in Sweden, regulations governing the sale of crabs.
Alaska suspends all snow crab and king crab fishing this year. The authorities' decision comes after a sharp decline in crabs in the Barents Sea and Bristol Bay respectively. It is the first time ever that snow crab fishing has been suspended; for the king crabs, it is the second autumn in a row that they have been protected
