Assessment of Snow Crab in West Greenland 2008. Technical Report No. 68

This report documents the scientific basis for the assessment of snow crab (Chionoecetes
opilio) stocks in West Greenland. Snow crabs are patchily distributed and commercially exploited along the coast and within the fjords. The fishery is managed by quotas and assessed 
when data are available within the inshore and offshore of 6 management areas (Upernavik, 
Uummannaq-Disko Bay, Sisimiut, Maniitsoq-Kangaamiut, Nuuk-Paamiut and Narsaq-Qaqortoq. The report briefly updates and summarizes the historical background of commercial crab fishing, which includes catch, effort, CPUE and spatial distribution of the fishery, as 
well as the results from scientific surveys undertaken by the Greenland Institute of Natural 
Resources (GINR).