by Emily Grason | Jun 3, 2019 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Creature Feature: Batillaria Species Name: Batillaria attramentaria Common Name: Asian mud snail, Asian horn snail Species Code: BAAT Size: up to 45mm Distinguishing Features: Snail with a long, narrow, conical shell. What you might imagine a unicorn horn to look...
by Emily Grason | Jun 3, 2019 | Monitor Resources
One strength of the Crab Team protocol is that it enables us to confidently compare findings among sites, and track changes over time – even if different people are doing the sampling. With sampling on this scale, even the small steps can be important to what we learn...
by Emily Grason | May 30, 2019 | Detections
Remains of predated European green crab found at Squalicum Harbor, Photo credit: Angela Foster/WDFW The remains of a European green crab were found in Squalicum Harbor in Bellingham earlier this week, the first evidence of the global invader confirmed in Whatcom...
by Emily Grason | May 13, 2019 | Green Crab Management
Crab Team and USFWS Staff and volunteers head out to trap at Graveyard Spit in 2017. Credit: UW College of the Environment The return of spring means trapping season for green crab is now under way. In April, WSG Crab Team resumed early detection trapping across the...
by Emily Grason | Jan 23, 2019 | Detections
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, were captured by...
