Tag: king crabs

• Saturday, December 1st 2018 - 08:56 UTC

  Russia and Argentina sign fisheries conservation cooperation accord

  

  Argentina and Russia signed on Friday a fisheries and aquaculture cooperation agreement including elaboration of projects for the conservation and sustainable management of resources, as well certifying export fishing plants.

• Saturday, October 7th 2017 - 19:43 UTC

  Patagonian king crab spawns and develops in lab conditions in Argentina

  

  Argentina's National Institute of Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP), with the Benthic Crustacean Fishery Subprogram, successfully registered the transportation from Ushuaia to Mar del Plata of king crab females with eggs and their subsequent spawning in laboratory conditions.

• Wednesday, September 7th 2011 - 11:01 UTC

  King crabs found on the edge of Antarctica as a result of warming waters

  

  King crabs have been found on the edge of Antarctica, probably as a result of warming in the region, scientists say. Writing in the journal Proceedings B, scientists report a large, reproductive population of crabs in the Palmer Deep, a basin cut in the continental shelf.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2011 - 17:36 UTC

  Shell crushing king crabs move into Antarctica Peninsula warming waters

  

  Warming waters along the Antarctic Peninsula have opened the door to shell-crushing king crabs that threaten a unique ecosystem on the seafloor, according to new research by a US-Sweden team of marine researchers.