by WSG Crab Team | May 2, 2017 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Photo: Sean McDonald. “Green” Crab: Just How Green is “Green”? If you have participated in any Crab Team training workshops, then you know full well that we don’t put much stock in color as a diagnostic characteristic for identifying crabs. Our ‘don’t use color’...
by WSG Crab Team | May 2, 2017 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Crab Team Forges Ahead! May 2nd, 2017 Traps are officially in the mud and 2017 sampling started with a bang. The captures of European green crab at Westcott Bay and Padilla Bay last year inspired tremendous support from many...
by WSG Crab Team | Aug 4, 2016 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Site Spotlight: Kala Krabbers Site: Kala Lagoon (204) Region: Port Townsend Captain: Chris Jones Launched: August 2015 In addition to being a fantastic Crab Team crew, the Kala Krabbers are stars of radio drama, recently lighting up the airwaves of KPTZ Port...
by WSG Crab Team | Aug 4, 2016 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Creature Feature: Graceful Crab Most people have never heard of the graceful crab (Cancer (Metacarcinus) gracilis), despite how common it is. That’s because it looks very similar to a crab people often see on their dinner tables, Dungeness crab. The two species look...
by WSG Crab Team | Aug 4, 2016 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Zombie Crabs – Why Can’t We Get Those Here? In Europe, millions of zombie green crabs are roaming the shore. From the outside, you might not even realize they are brain dead, no longer truly a green crab, but have been transformed into a skittering, feasting,...
by WSG Crab Team | Aug 4, 2016 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Crab Team’s Big Discovery! August 4th, 2016 You might have heard the recent news that Crab Team volunteers captured the first confirmed European green crab in Washington’s inland waters (but if you haven’t, read our blog post). The single adult male was...
