by WSG Crab Team | Feb 28, 2019 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Site Spotlight: Carpenter Creek Site: Carpenter Creek (177) Region: North Kitsap Launched: April 2016 Site Captain: Joleen Palmer If you are planning a drive out to the Olympic Peninsula from the “Seattle side,” then the Edmonds/Kingston ferry is one way to...
by WSG Crab Team | Jan 23, 2019 | Detections
January 23, 2019 Three European green crab have been found in Samish Bay, north of Mt. Vernon, a new detection location for the globally-damaging invasive on Washington’s inland shorelines. The three adult crabs, including an egg-bearing (gravid) female and two males,...
by WSG Crab Team | Nov 1, 2018 | Detections, Green Crab Management
November 1, 2018 The turning of the leaves signals a winding-down of green crab trapping activities. Just as it feels right to us to hunker down and stay warm, cooler water temperatures also cause green crab to become less catchable in the fall and winter. Crab...
by WSG Crab Team | Sep 25, 2018 | Detections
September 25, 2018 WSG Crab Team volunteers at Kala Point, near Port Townsend, captured a single European green crab during their final early detection sampling effort for the 2018 season on September 8. In follow up trapping efforts in the area, staff from Washington...
by WSG Crab Team | Sep 19, 2018 | Detections
September 19, 2017 Crab Team volunteers at Lagoon Point, on the west side of Whidbey Island, captured a single European green crab in their final sampling effort for this year. The male crab, at 47 mm across the carapace, is most likely a 2017 crab, part of this...
