by WSG Crab Team | Aug 17, 2022 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Site Spotlight: Blakely Harbor Number: 553 Region: Kitsap County Launched: 2016 Site Captain: Bob Rosenbladt If you’ve ever conducted a Crab Team shoreline survey, you’ve likely circled “mud” more than once when identifying the substrate type. At the Crab Team site...
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 P. Sean McDonald | Aug 17, 2022 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
What is the Hydra Effect: Could Trapping Green Crabs Increase Their Numbers? Unwelcome and Tough to Evict, When “Eradicated” Species Bounce Back With a Vengeance, and Green Crab Study: Scientists Learn ‘Eradication’ May Not Achieve Desired Solution… These were just a...
by WSG Crab Team | Nov 1, 2021 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Site Spotlight: Drayton Harbor Number: 367 Region: Blaine Launched: 2017 Site Captain: Rondi Nordal On August 22, 2019, Margaret Santamaria and Margarette Grant were scanning a beach in Drayton Harbor during a COASST marine debris survey and noticed an unusual shell...
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 P. Sean McDonald | Nov 1, 2021 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
European green crabs literally caught in the act. This mating pair was captured in a shrimp trap. Photo courtesy of Chelsey Buffington, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Let’s talk about sex It’s no secret that biologists think about sex a lot. I mean, a lot,...
