Alaska First Gulf of St. Lawrence Grid Closure Announced Less Than A Month After Start of Snow Crab Season Urner Barry by Amanda Buckle - April 27, 2021 The snow crab season in the Gulf of St. Lawrence kicked off earlier this month and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans already announced the first grid closure related to North Atlantic right whales. “Spotted: North Atlantic #RightWhales are officially back in Canadian waters,” the official DFO Twitter tweeted Monda