Just a thought I had

When a seafood item is popular and widely served it has affected to viabilitu of some species.  In the 80 and my heyday in the seafood bia I rememebr when Orange Roughy became popular,  By the mid 90s' overfishing had nearly wiped it out.  Look at our beloved north atlantic fishery for another one.
Now Chinese Buffets have been infamous for the all you can eat snow crab legs.  Thats been going on for many years now.  I wonder if it might be impacting worldwide snowcrab supplies.  Every city I have been to has more chinese rest. serving the AYCE crab than you can shake a stick at. 
Has anybody else thought about this?

This is the very reason that there is usually a limit put on not only the amount of fish or crab that can be caught but a very specific window of time they can be fished for.

If you look at the King crab fishey, its very tightly regulated.  They only fish for a very short window.
I was just thinking that with so many Chinese buffets having the AUCE snow crab that it must put a strain on the market.  There are always people there that eat nothing but crab.  I wonder how cheap they get if for.  I imagine they by in bulk and that its not a premium crab.  I know that sometimes it can be  very fishy tasting.. usually thats when the meat is really dry.  I can tell when it wont be up to par,  The meat in the knuckles is dry and stringy,  Its almost as if there wasn't any meat there at all.
 

The same thing happened to redfish when Paul Prudhomme started the blackened redfish craze. Redfish harvest is now tightly controlled, from what I understand, and the tasty little things are making a comeback.