by WSG Crab Team | Oct 8, 2019 | Detections
(Photo: A male, 38.5mm European green crab, one of the 17 captured at Drayton Harbor last month.) October 8, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Blaine, WA — As part of an early-detection partnership, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and the...
by WSG Crab Team | Sep 6, 2019 | Detections, Green Crab Management
September 6th, 2019 Last week, Crab Team Program Manager, Emily Grason, and Program Assistant, Kelly Martin, conducted a trapping assessment on San Juan Island with Chelsey Buffington and Roy Clark from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). After...
by WSG Crab Team | Aug 22, 2019 | Detections
August 22, 2019 Crab Team volunteers in Drayton Harbor, just south of the border with Canada, found the shell of an invasive European green crab while walking the beach this past Saturday. The detection is the furthest northward along Washington shorelines the...
by WSG Crab Team | Aug 13, 2019 | Detections, Green Crab Trend
August 13, 2019 Growers working with Taylor Shellfish captured a female European green crab while working in oyster beds last week. This crab is the fourth that has been found in Samish Bay this year, the first three detections occurring in early January. At...
by WSG Crab Team | Jul 8, 2019 | Detections, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
July 8, 2019 Last week was a busy one for European green crab monitoring on Washington’s inland shorelines. Two expanded trapping efforts were taking place simultaneously at the beginning of the week, with mixed results. The first, a trapping effort in Whatcom...
by WSG Crab Team | May 30, 2019 | Detections
May 30, 2019 The remains of a European green crab were found in Squalicum Harbor in Bellingham earlier this week, the first evidence of the global invader confirmed in Whatcom County. Casey Pruett, director of the Marine Life Center, noticed a gull feeding on the...
