by Emily Grason | May 13, 2019 | Green Crab Management
May 13, 2019 The return of spring means trapping season for green crab is now under way. In April, WSG Crab Team resumed early detection trapping across the monitoring network along Washington’s inland shorelines. We’re pleased to share that Crab Team has...
by Emily Grason | Nov 1, 2018 | Detections, Green Crab Management
November 1, 2018 The turning of the leaves signals a winding-down of green crab trapping activities. Just as it feels right to us to hunker down and stay warm, cooler water temperatures also cause green crab to become less catchable in the fall and winter. Crab...
by Emily Grason | Aug 8, 2018 | Coastal Green Crab, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend, Team News
August 8th, 2018 Last month, Washington Sea Grant Crab Team staff traveled to the Makah Reservation in the northwest corner of the Olympic Peninsula to participate in the Makah Tribe’s European green crab trapping efforts. As you might remember, in October of...
by Emily Grason | Jul 5, 2018 | Green Crab Management, Team News
July 5th, 2018 As we wrote last week, the first half of this monitoring season has seen several new detections of European green crab, but as green crab appear to be ramping up, so is the group of humans ready to control them. WSG Crab Team is now a project with...
by Emily Grason | Jun 29, 2018 | Detections, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
June 29, 2018 The first half of the 2018 WSG Crab Team monitoring season is coming to a close, and with that comes a status update on European green crab in Washington’s Salish Sea. Since April, live green crab or molts have been detected at five sites, two of which...
by Emily Grason | Jun 11, 2018 | Detections, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
June 11, 2018 Last week, WSG Crab Team spent three full days in the mud at Lagoon Point on Whidbey Island. After two European green crab were discovered there last year, one during regular volunteer monitoring and a second during the subsequent rapid...
