US crab invasion: Green crustaceans threaten clam industry

Waters off the northeast coast of the United States are heating up faster than most of the world’s oceans.
The rising temperatures have caused the population of an invasive crab species to multiply, nearly wiping out the local soft-shell clam industry.

Al Jazeera’s John Hendren reports from Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

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