by Emily Grason | Jun 18, 2026 | Detections, Green Crab Management
Students from Orcas Island Middle School discover green crab molt while on a field trip Evidence of invasive European green crab was detected for the first time on Orcas Island in May, when a Washington Sea Grant (WSG) Crab Team volunteer monitor and science teacher...
by Emily Grason | Jan 5, 2026 | Detections, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
Last year continued Washington’s trend of increasing green crab activity, both in the number of crabs trapped and in the growing network of people working to find and remove them. In early December, Washington Sea Grant (WSG) brought together trappers from across the...
by Emily Grason | Nov 25, 2025 | Detections
One of the European green crabs captured in Skagit Bay. Photo courtesy of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. La Conner, Wash. — In late September, the molt from a European green crab was found at Similk Beach, on the northern end of the Swinomish Tribal...
by Emily Grason | Jun 9, 2025 | Detections
Students at the University of Washington Friday Harbor Labs (FHL) found a green crab molt in False Bay on San Juan Island last weekend. This molt is the first evidence of green crabs found in False Bay and the first evidence since 2019 of green crabs in the San Juan...
by Emily Grason | Jan 6, 2025 | Detections, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
Statewide trapping partners from the 2024 WSG Trappers’ Summit hosted by Crab Team at the Clearwater Casino in Suquamish. Staff from partners working with tribes, agencies, and shellfish growers convened in December, sharing observations and questions to help...
by Emily Grason | Apr 10, 2024 | Detections, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
While 2023 already seems like an eon ago, last year’s trapping season is still very much on our minds even as we launch the 2024 monitoring effort. The winter is a time for green crab managers to regroup, review data to interpret green crab population patterns and...
