by WSG Crab Team | May 13, 2021 | Community Science, Team News
We are thrilled to share that Washington Sea Grant Crab Team won this year’s University of Washington College of the Environment award for Outstanding Community Impact. Crab Team members Kate Litle, Jeff Adams, P. Sean McDonald, Emily Grason, Amy Linhart and Alex...
by WSG Crab Team | Dec 20, 2020 | Coastal Green Crab, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
A bucket of European green crabs caught in Willapa Bay in early fall 2020. Credit: Alex Stote/WSG As we hang up our hip boots to dry until next season (right next to the holiday lights, of course), it’s a good time to stop and reflect on what we were able to...
by WSG Crab Team | Nov 1, 2020 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Green Crab: Larvae on the move Guest contributor Elizabeth Brasseale is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. As part of her Ph.D. research at the UW School of Oceanography, she worked on a project with Crab Team to help us learn...
by WSG Crab Team | Oct 20, 2020 | Team News
Header photo credit: Ron Coleman/WDFW Hello WSG Crab Team enthusiasts! Now that the whirlwind of the trapping season is winding down, I’m excited to finally introduce myself to you all as the Crab Team Coastal Specialist. I began this role in late July, and while July...
by WSG Crab Team | Aug 30, 2020 | Coastal Green Crab, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend, Team News
Header photo credit: Emily Grason/WSG In 2016, when invasive European green crabs were first found on San Juan Island, media coverage left a lot of folks on Washington’s coast scratching their heads. Why the sudden concern? After all, green crabs were first detected...
