by WSG Crab Team | 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 WSG Crab Team | 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 WSG Crab Team | 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,...
by WSG Crab Team | Jun 1, 2021 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Site Spotlight: Cypress Island Number: 541 Region: Cypress Island, San Juan Islands Launched: 2017 Site Captain: Erin Stehr Habitat Type: Lagoon Have you ever been to Cypress Island Aquatic Reserve? If so, you must have a boat (or a friend with one!), as this...
by WSG Crab Team | 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...
