by WSG Crab Team | Jun 15, 2023 | Coastal Green Crab, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
June 15, 2023 As we dive into the 2023 European green crab trapping season, it’s important to reflect on the insights gained from the coastal green crab populations in 2022. This summary of green crab observations from Washington’s coastal estuaries complements...
by WSG Crab Team | Dec 31, 2022 | Detections, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
December 31 2022 We spend a lot of time thinking about how to quantify green crab efforts and numbers to understand status and trends. Suffice to say that any way you slice it, any way you define and quantify metrics, 2022 was a big year in Washington for European...
by WSG Crab Team | Jun 8, 2022 | Detections, Green Crab Management
June 8, 2022 The amazing volunteers who make up Washington Sea Grant’s Crab Team have done it again, detecting a basketful of green crabs before they became a truckload. Part of what makes this event particularly significant is that it’s in Hood Canal, a basin of the...
by WSG Crab Team | May 31, 2022 | Green Crab Management, Team News
May 31, 2022 The second all-virtual Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (April 26-28) offered everyone with an interest or involvement in the inland waters shared by Washington and British Columbia the chance to connect over a huge range of topics, impacts of...
by WSG Crab Team | Jan 20, 2022 | Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
January 20, 2022 Trapping throughout 2021 indicates that the European green crab invasion has grown across Washington’s coastal estuaries, namely Willapa Bay, Grays Harbor, and Makah Bay. This year’s collaborative efforts by many partners to remove crabs and track the...
by WSG Crab Team | Dec 6, 2021 | Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
December 6, 2021 The recent report by the Lummi Nation of more than 70,000 European green crabs captured this year has many wondering what this could mean for efforts to prevent green crabs from establishing in the Salish Sea. This number certainly indicates...
