by Emily Grason | Jun 1, 2024 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Number: 380 Region: Skagit County Launched: 2016 Site Captain: Paul Dinnel If you asked many joggers and cyclists in the Anacortes area where to go for a beautiful jaunt, they’d probably point you to the Tommy Thompson Trail. It crosses shallow Fidalgo Bay along the...
by Emily Grason | Jun 1, 2024 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
A pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) swimming up stream. Photo credit: John McMillan Common Name and Species Names: Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)...
by Emily Grason | Jun 1, 2024 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Green Crab Migration and Movement One of the most pressing issues for management of European green crabs in the Pacific Northwest is to better understand how green crabs, as adults, move across the water bodies they inhabit. We are increasingly learning about the...
by Emily Grason | May 23, 2024 | Team News
Zach in the marsh at Plum Island Estuary after completing vegetation extent mapping fieldwork. Photo: Zach Bengtsson This winter, WSG Crab Team was joined by a second graduate student assistant, Zach Bengtsson. Zach is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at UW’s School of...
by Emily Grason | May 7, 2024 | Coastal Green Crab, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
Pacific Coast The momentum and dedication to extensive trapping for European green crab on Washington’s Pacific coastline continued to grow through 2023. Over the course of the year, nearly 355,000 green crabs were removed from the coastal estuaries and shorelines....
