by WSG Crab Team | Apr 27, 2018 | Green Crab Management, Team News
Featured Photo: From the SSEC website Yesterday’s blog post covered the highlights from the first green crab special session at the 2018 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference. Today, we’ll break down the second special session that focused on management of invasive European...
by WSG Crab Team | Apr 26, 2018 | Green Crab Management, Team News
Featured Photo: From the SSEC website Between April 4th and 6th hundreds of scientists, managers, and policymakers descended upon the Washington State Convention Center in downtown Seattle for the 2018 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference. From salmon and orcas to...
by Emily Grason | Apr 25, 2018 | Green Crab Management, Research
Finding a few isolated pockets of invasive European green crab in Washington’s Salish Sea over the past two years indicates the early stages of a possible range expansion. Certainly, it is the goal of WSG Crab Team and management to protect shorelines from the damage...
by Emily Grason | Feb 6, 2018 | Detections, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
Allen Pleus, Aquatic Invasive Species Unit Lead for Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife with one of the green crab captured in Padilla Bay during the collaborative assessment trapping effort in 2016. The very first publication by Crab Team was just released...
by Emily Grason | Oct 12, 2017 | Detections, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
Photo courtesy of D. Paros Following the recent capture of a single European green crab at Lagoon Point, on Whidbey Island (read more), Crab Team staff and volunteers, in consultation with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), headed back to the site...
by Emily Grason | Jul 20, 2017 | Green Crab Management
Trapping to remove invasive European green crab from Dungeness Spit National Wildlife Refuge is in its 15th week since the initial discovery of four individuals during April of this year. As of last Friday, partners with US Fish and Wildlife Service (UWFWS) and...
