by WSG Crab Team | Jun 9, 2025 | Detections
June 9, 2025 Students at the University of Washington Friday Harbor Labs (FHL) found a green crab molt in False Bay on San Juan Island last weekend. This molt is the first evidence of green crabs found in False Bay and the first evidence since 2019 of green...
by WSG Crab Team | Jun 6, 2025 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Natural History Notes: HEOR Tufts What are those blobby things on shore crab claws? You may have occasionally noticed fleshy blobs on the inside of shore crab claws. They are most evident on males, which have larger claws than females. In fact these are tufts of setae...
by WSG Crab Team | Jun 5, 2025 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
2025 Volume 1 Greetings From… Washington Harbor Number: 207 Region: Strait of Juan de Fuca Launched: 2017 Team Captain: Sue Bonomo The dedicated team of monitors at Washington Harbor isn’t afraid to get their hands– and paws– muddy looking for European green crab....
by WSG Crab Team | Jun 2, 2025 | Team News
June 2, 2025 Are you one of the millions of Washington residents living on or near the Salish Sea? Join the Salish Sea-wide Molt Blitz on June 20 to contribute to the largest single-day dataset of crab molts collected in our state. Molts are the old shells that crabs...
by WSG Crab Team | Jun 1, 2025 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Crab Team Deep Dive: Documenting a new shrimp in Washington’s Salish Sea WSG Crab Team recently shared news of a relatively new unwanted arrival to Washington’s Salish Sea shorelines, and it wasn’t the one you’re probably thinking of. In fact, it wasn’t even a crab at...
