by WSG Crab Team | Nov 1, 2019 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Creature Feature: Purple Shore Crab Species Name: Hemigrapsus nudus Common Name: Purple shore crab Species Code: HENU Geographic Range: Southern Alaska, USA to Baja Peninsula, Mexico Size: Females up to 56mm (2.2”), males up to 58mm (2.3”) The mud can be sticky, the...
by WSG Crab Team | Nov 1, 2019 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Green Crab: Can They Smell? Chances are you’ve never heard of pheromones. Yet these chemical compounds are profoundly important. They’re even the basis for what we think of as attraction — after all, how many times have you heard about couples who have “great...
by WSG Crab Team | Oct 22, 2019 | Detections, Green Crab Trend
October 22, 2019 Broadening the search for invasive European green crab in Drayton Harbor, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and WSG Crab Team captured additional European green crab in recent weeks. In addition, Lummi Natural Resources has reported...
by WSG Crab Team | Oct 8, 2019 | Detections
(Photo: A male, 38.5mm European green crab, one of the 17 captured at Drayton Harbor last month.) October 8, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Blaine, WA — As part of an early-detection partnership, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and the...
by WSG Crab Team | Sep 6, 2019 | Detections, Green Crab Management
September 6th, 2019 Last week, Crab Team Program Manager, Emily Grason, and Program Assistant, Kelly Martin, conducted a trapping assessment on San Juan Island with Chelsey Buffington and Roy Clark from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). After...
