Two species of crabs that is not native to Norwegian waters has become big business.
The King Crab, or Kamchatka Crab, has even become a tourist attraction:
It is caught commercially in the waters off Finnmark and Troms County and has reached as far south along the coast as Lofoten Islands.
They have also spread northwards and is likely to reach Svalbard by 2030:
King crabs are not only a problem. They have also made some people in Finnmark very rich:
It is all explained in the video and attachment in the OP.
Fine, then I summarize it;
The King Crabs was brought to Murmanskfjord in the 1960s and walked from there
The Snow Crabs like cold water and moved north due to global warming.
The crew of the boat âOlympicâ of Seattle during king crab fishing in the Bering Sea October 1977: From left; Gunnar Tjøsvoll, Karmøy, Jeff Hansen, skipper Jon Sjong, Sykkylven, Barry Johnson and Kim Hansen. PHOTO: KNUT ENSTAD
Since the snow crab season is time limited it is important to be able to combine this with other activity the rest of the year. What is more logical than a combined crab catcher and prawn trawler
This newly ordered vessel will do just that: