The clear and present danger to the Norwegian sovereignty of the Svalbard Fisheries Protection Zone: Enter the snow crab

- We discuss the snow crab as a migratory but sedentary species, and its potential role as an exogenous shock to the SFPZ.
- We explore future management scenarios for the area in light of this.
- We highlight the different outcome probabilities of each management scenario relative to the status quo.
- We hypothesize about future scenarios concerning the Norwegian geopolitical position relative to the SFPZ.