by WSG Crab Team | Apr 10, 2024 | Detections, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
April 10, 2024 While 2023 already seems like an eon ago, last year’s trapping season is still very much on our minds even as we launch the 2024 monitoring effort. The winter is a time for green crab managers to regroup, review data to interpret green crab population...
by WSG Crab Team | Nov 17, 2023 | Community Science, Monitor Resources
November 17, 2023 We are Crab Team after all, so it’s perhaps no surprise that we are not shy about getting up to our elbows in details about the crabs we catch. But what can we actually learn from looking at size data of crabs? What makes handling all the...
by WSG Crab Team | Nov 1, 2023 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Site Spotlight: Ocean Shores Number: 603 Region: Grays Harbor Launched: 2020 Site Captain: Bruce Rittenhouse and Barbara Hayford In this edition of Site Spotlight, we are excited to feature one of the WSG Crab Team network’s coastal sites for the first time ever! The...
by WSG Crab Team | Nov 1, 2023 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
This male is carrying a smaller female in a guarding embrace, waiting for her to molt so that they can made. Photo: WSG/Jeff Adams Featured Creature: Species Name: Cancer productus Common Name: Red rock crab Species Code: CAPR Geographic Range: Southwest Alaska to...
by WSG Crab Team | Nov 1, 2023 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
A Little Help From Some Friends? River Otter Diet in Makah Bay and What It Means for European Green Crab Guest contributor Bobbie Buzzell conducted her Master’s research at Western Washington University looking at river otter diets in Makah Bay. She currently works as...
