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 | 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 Emily Grason | 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 Emily Grason | 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 Emily Grason | 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...
