by WSG Crab Team | Jun 15, 2023 | Coastal Green Crab, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
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 our Inland 2022...
by Emily Grason | Dec 31, 2022 | Detections, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
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 green crab...
by WSG Crab Team | Jan 20, 2022 | Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
Header Photo: Hundreds of frozen European green crabs, trapped as part of Pacific Shellfish’s removal efforts in Grays Harbor. Credit: Alex Stote Trapping throughout 2021 indicates that the European green crab invasion has grown across Washington’s coastal...
by WSG Crab Team | Dec 6, 2021 | Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
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 that the population of...
by WSG Crab Team | Dec 20, 2020 | Coastal Green Crab, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
A bucket of European green crabs caught in Willapa Bay in early fall 2020. Credit: Alex Stote/WSG As we hang up our hip boots to dry until next season (right next to the holiday lights, of course), it’s a good time to stop and reflect on what we were able to...
by Emily Grason | Nov 23, 2020 | Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
Amy Linhart and WDFW technician April Fleming spotted a juvenile European green crab in Lummi Bay in September. Credit: Emily Grason/WSG Trapping for European green crab has mostly concluded for the 2020 season, enabling us to take stock of all that was accomplished...
