by WSG Crab Team | Nov 1, 2021 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Do you know your sculpins? Despite its affinity for freshwater, the prickly sculpin (Cottus asper, COAS) occasionally appears in Crab Team traps. Photo courtesy of Mark Wegehaupt Featured Creatures: Species Name: Oligocottus maculosus Common Name: Tidepool sculpin...
by WSG Crab Team | Nov 1, 2021 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
European green crabs literally caught in the act. This mating pair was captured in a shrimp trap. Photo courtesy of Chelsey Buffington, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Let’s talk about sex It’s no secret that biologists think about sex a lot. I mean, a lot,...
by WSG Crab Team | Aug 31, 2021 | Detections, Team News
August 31, 2021 It’s been just five years since the first phone call came in with the news we all feared. I was returning from a morning dog walk and got the message from Crab Team volunteer Craig Staude: a European green crab had been captured at Westcott...
by WSG Crab Team | Aug 23, 2021 | Green Crab Management
August 23, 2021 August 30 of this year will mark the fifth anniversary of the first confirmed detection of invasive European green crab along the inland shorelines of Washington which occurred on San Juan Island. Three weeks later, the region will hit the...
by WSG Crab Team | Jun 25, 2021 | Monitor Resources
One strength of the Crab Team protocol is that it enables us to confidently compare findings among sites, and track changes over time – even if different people are doing the sampling. With sampling on this scale, even the small steps can be important to what we learn...
