by Emily Grason | Jun 22, 2017 | Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
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 Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and Washington...
by Emily Grason | Sep 29, 2016 | Green Crab Management
The joint effort by WSG Crab Team, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW), and Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (PBNERR) to assess the abundance and distribution of invasive European green crabs in Padilla Bay wrapped up yesterday (read...
by Emily Grason | Sep 27, 2016 | Green Crab Management
Another stunningly beautiful day to explore Padilla Bay (read about day 1). Day two of our rapid response trapping effort is complete; our teams checked all 192 traps at 31 sites, released native critters and refreshed the bait for an additional day of trapping....
by Emily Grason | Sep 26, 2016 | Green Crab Management
Emily here to report that Crab Team is on the road again, spending three days in Padilla Bay where the second confirmed capture of European green crab in Washington’s Salish Sea took place only a week ago. The capture occurred less than a week after we returned from...
by Emily Grason | Sep 14, 2016 | Green Crab Management
Day 2: After setting traps on Monday morning, we headed out even earlier on Tuesday morning to check the traps, refresh the bait and move some traps to new sites. The good news was that there were no live green crabs captured in any of the 97 traps at four sites from...
by Emily Grason | Sep 12, 2016 | Green Crab Management
Emily here, writing from beautiful Friday Harbor Labs after our first full field day on San Juan Island as part of our rapid response effort. Following the Westcott Bay Crab Team volunteer capture of an adult male green crab, our plan of action was to devote a few...
