by WSG Crab Team | 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 WSG Crab Team | Nov 1, 2019 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Green Crab: Can They Smell? Chances are you’ve never heard of pheromones. Yet these chemical compounds are profoundly important. They’re even the basis for what we think of as attraction — after all, how many times have you heard about couples who have “great...
by WSG Crab Team | 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...
by WSG Crab Team | 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 WSG Crab Team | Jun 3, 2019 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
European green crab. Photo credit: Kelly Martin/WSG Fast Food: Some green crab are bigger, stronger, and hungrier than others Guest columnist Brett Howard received her doctorate from Simon Fraser University, completing her dissertation research on the impacts of...
by WSG Crab Team | Feb 28, 2019 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Site Spotlight: Carpenter Creek Site: Carpenter Creek (177) Region: North Kitsap Launched: April 2016 Site Captain: Joleen Palmer If you are planning a drive out to the Olympic Peninsula from the “Seattle side,” then the Edmonds/Kingston ferry is one way to...
