by WSG Crab Team | Apr 26, 2018 | Green Crab Management, Team News
April 26, 2018 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 microplastics and harmful...
by WSG Crab Team | Apr 25, 2018 | Green Crab Management, Research
April 25, 2018 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...
by WSG Crab Team | Feb 6, 2018 | Detections, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
(Header photo: 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.) February 6, 2018 The very first publication...
by WSG Crab Team | Oct 12, 2017 | Detections, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
October 12, 2017 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 last week...
by WSG Crab Team | Jul 20, 2017 | Green Crab Management
July 20, 2017 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...
by WSG Crab Team | Jun 22, 2017 | Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
Header image: Allen Pleus (WDFW) June 22, 2017 Four European green crab were captured at Dungeness Spit in early April – the third location in inland Washington where green crab have been found. Since the initial discovery 10 weeks ago, staff and volunteers from US...
