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Legions of giant crabs clawing their way along the bottom of the Barents Sea are proving a godsend to the few fishermen authorised to catch the lucrative crustacean, but some fear the crabs are threatening the sea’s fragile ecosystem. The Kamchatka crab, was introduced into the Barents by the Soviets in the 1960s — about 30 years after a first, failed attempt by Stalin.