Crab-22: how Norway's fisheries got rich - but on an invasive species

Known locally as 'Stalin's Red Army', an invasion of king crabs from Russia created a lucrative industry, and difficult choicesThe Norwegian fishing village of Bug?ynes, 310 miles north of the Arctic Circle and a frigid, dark place for much of the year, was on the edge of ruin.Work was scarce. Years of overfishing and mismanagement had stymied cod quotas. Boats lay idle in cold waters. Those who chose to stay were forced to rely on what meagre wages they could still muster from fishing and processing. Continue reading...