'It's Not A Good News Story': Snow Crab Stock Drops 40%

Monday saw some bad news for the snow crab industry in Newfoundland and Labrador.

According to a Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) snow crab stock assessment, released Monday, what was once the world's largest snow crab fishery, is now seeing substantial decline.

"It's not a good news story … the scale of this fishery is a big fishery," Darrell Mullowney, DFO's snow crab assessment lead for the N.L. region, said.

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