date:Mar 21, 2014
a might allow us to look at different scenarios of possible stock developments and provide estimates of potential future catch.
If we assume that the Snow crab has habitat requirements in the Barents Sea similar to those it has in the Western Atlantic, the Barents Sea catch potential might be between 50,000 and 170,000 tons annually. At a price of around US$6.00 a kilogram we are looking at firsthand values of $300 million to $1 billion USD - of the same order as the value of the entire Norwegi