by Emily Grason | May 31, 2022 | Green Crab Management, Team News
The second all-virtual Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (April 26-28) offered everyone with an interest or involvement in the inland waters shared by Washington and British Columbia the chance to connect over a huge range of topics, impacts of last summer’s heat dome,...
by Emily Grason | May 19, 2022 | Detections
Original Post WDFW and Washington Sea Grant to deploy rapid response trapping efforts OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has received confirmation that volunteers with Washington Sea Grant have captured a male European green crab in Nick’s...
by Emily Grason | Mar 30, 2022 | Research
This is the third in a series of posts on a Crab Team project to develop environmental DNA (eDNA) for use in early detection and management of European green crab. The first posts provided an introduction to eDNA and the benefits and challenges it offers to invasion...
by Emily Grason | Mar 3, 2022 | Research
This is the second in a series of posts sharing new research on the use of environmental DNA (eDNA) in detection of green crabs. For our introduction to eDNA, check out the previous post. As a detection tool, the process of sampling eDNA is relatively simple, but...
by Emily Grason | Feb 24, 2022 | Research
Early detection is one of the best ways to thwart an invasive species, but trying to find some of the first individuals to arrive in a new habitat is no easy task. WSG Crab Team built a monitoring network to meet this challenge: by using multiple search methods and...
