by WSG Crab Team | Oct 25, 2017 | Coastal Green Crab, Detections
Photo courtesy of Zach Moore/USFWS At the end of August, Crab Team received an email on our “tip line” from a beachwalker who had spotted a European green crab near Hobuck Beach in Makah Bay. The photograph submitted enabled us to immediately confirm the sighting,...
by WSG Crab Team | May 2, 2017 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Site Spotlight: Deer Lagoon Site: Deer Lagoon (306) Region: Whidbey Island Captain: Tom Vos Launched: August 2015 Crab Team was excited to scout Deer Lagoon, one of the first habitats we found that was a promising sampling site. Photo: Jeff Adams. Nimble...
by WSG Crab Team | May 2, 2017 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Creature Feature: Three-spined stickleback Species Name: Gasterosteus aculeatus Size: Typically up to 1.5″ (4 cm), but can be up to 3″ (8 cm) Distinguishing Features: “Cigar-shaped” fish with three dorsal spines and one pelvic spine. Defensive spines held erect when...
by WSG Crab Team | Apr 26, 2017 | Detections
European Green Crab found at Dungeness Spit, Sequim, April 2017. Photo by Allen Pleus, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sequim, WA — A new population of invasive European green crab has been found at Dungeness Spit, near Sequim,...
by WSG Crab Team | Oct 18, 2016 | Community Science, Detections
You’ve heard a lot from us about sightings of the European green crabs that have occurred over the past two months. But we thought you would enjoy hearing about the experience of the first discovery from the Crab Team volunteers who made it. Craig Staude captains the...
