by Emily Grason | Mar 31, 2020 | Monitor Resources, Team News
Header photo credit: Jeff Adams March and April are typically the busiest months on the Crab Team annual calendar, as staff and volunteers reunite for training workshops to relaunch the monitoring season. This spring, however, the Crab Team office has been almost...
by Emily Grason | Nov 1, 2019 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Site Spotlight: Dungeness Spit Region: Sequim Launched: 2017 with Crab Team, but trapping since 2000 Staff & Volunteers: US Fish & Wildlife Service Sites: 383 (Graveyard Spit Lagoon); 384 (Graveyard Spit Channel); 385 (Base Lagoon) Dungeness Spit is well known...
by Emily Grason | Nov 1, 2019 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Creature Feature: Purple Shore Crab Species Name: Hemigrapsus nudus Common Name: Purple shore crab Species Code: HENU Geographic Range: Southern Alaska, USA to Baja Peninsula, Mexico Size: Females up to 56mm (2.2”), males up to 58mm (2.3”) The mud can be sticky, the...
by Emily Grason | Oct 22, 2019 | Detections, Green Crab Trend
Broadening the search for invasive European green crab in Drayton Harbor, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and WSG Crab Team captured additional European green crab in recent weeks. In addition, Lummi Natural Resources has reported capturing green crab in...
by Emily Grason | Oct 8, 2019 | Detections
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Blaine, WA — As part of an early-detection partnership, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and the Washington Sea Grant (WSG) Crab Team found evidence of European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) in Drayton Harbor during regular...
