King Crab and Snow Crab in the east part of the North...
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King Crab and Snow Crab in the east part of the North Atlantic – production and supply Sten Ivar Siikavuopio
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King Crab and Snow Crab in the east part of the North Atlantic – production and supply
Sten Ivar Siikavuopio
07.03.2016
Norwegian King Crab
• Introduced species1960
• In 2002 became a commercial fishery
- In restricted area
- Open catch area (west of 26°E longitude)
• Season depend to the annual fishery
• Coastal fleet restricted (~ 480 vessels, quota (4.5 tons/ bout))
Norwegian King Crab fishery
Quota of Red King Crab in the Barents Sea
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Marked for live Red king crab
• 2014: 699 tons ~ 170 NOK/kg
• 2015: 636 tons ~ 216 NOK/kg
Snow Crab the new «gold» in The Barets Sea
• First observed in 1996 in the Barents Sea• Not introduced • Model simulations indicate potential annual catches
to reach 25.000-75.000 tons range within the next 10 years
• Potential between 50,000 and 170,000 tons annually.
• After cod the most important fisheries in the Barents Sea
Norwegian Snow crab fishery
Global Catch of Snow Crab
Source: Norway Seafoods /The Norwegian Fishermen’s Sales Organization
History of landings for King- and Snow crabin Norway
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Snow crab
Snow crab landing in Norway (2015)ESP14%
LTU18%
LAT28%
NOR40%
• 9800 tons ~ 228 mil NOK.
• 3 vessel in 2013 14 (2014) 23 (2015)
• 15 permission in 2016
• 80 % frozen and 20 % live
• Russian vessels (15) catch of snow crab ??
The snow crab marked
• Average price to fisherman : 26 NOK/kg
• Export to: Japan, South Korea, USA and EU
• Export price in 2015: 60 NOK/kg
Source: Norway SeaFoods
• The snow crab is extreme cold adapted -1ºC to +3ºC
• King crab prefer higher temperature (3-12 ºC)
• Differences in distribution and potential
• Snow crab is the winner
Distribution of the King and Snow crab in the Barents Sea
Snow - and King crab activity at Nofima
• Fisheries (catch, traps, new bait)
• Biology (live holding animal, basic biology)
• Processing (quality, new process, new products)
• Unused biomass (lipids, protein, peptides, enzymes, chitin and chitosan)
• Marked and Management
Projects on live holding snow crab (FHF)
• Optimal stocking density
• Optimal temperature
• Welfare indicators
Snow - and king crab welfare indicators
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Projects on new longlasting baitfor snow crab
New land and sea base technologyfor live holdig snow and king crab
