by Jeff Adams | Aug 17, 2022 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Featured Creatures: Group Name: Majoidea (a superfamily, rather than a single species) Common Name: Spider crabs Species Code: SPID Geographic Range: Southwest Alaska to southern California Size: up to about 110mm (4.3″) for Northern kelp crab (Pugettia producta)...
by Jeff Adams | Jun 8, 2022 | Detections, Green Crab Management
The amazing volunteers who make up Washington Sea Grant’s Crab Team have done it again, detecting a basketful of green crabs before they became a truckload. Part of what makes this event particularly significant is that it’s in Hood Canal, a basin of the Salish Sea...
by Jeff Adams | Nov 1, 2021 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Do you know your sculpins? Despite its affinity for freshwater, the prickly sculpin (Cottus asper, COAS) occasionally appears in Crab Team traps. Photo courtesy of Mark Wegehaupt Featured Creatures: Species Name: Oligocottus maculosus Common Name: Tidepool sculpin...
by Jeff Adams | Jun 1, 2021 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Grainy hermit cautiously moving across the beach at low tide. Photo courtesy of Jeff Adams Featured Creatures: Species Name: Pagurus granosimanus Common Name: Grainyhand or grainy hermit crab Species Code: PAGR Geographic Range: Unalaska, Alaska to Ensenada, Baja...
by Jeff Adams | Jun 3, 2019 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Site Spotlight: Harper Estuary Site: Harper Estuary (97) Region: Kitsap County Launched: 2017 Site Captain: Jim Heytvelt, ‘17 & Eric Schnepp, ‘18, ‘19 The Harper Estuary is a hospitable home for hairy shore crabs and a slicky, sticky, stucky place for...
