Crab Team In the News
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The Astorian: “A European green crab invasion” (January 21)
Press Archives
2025
- The Seattle Times: “Invasive European green crabs discovered in WA’s Skagit Bay” (November 26)
- HSIL Puget Sound National Estuary Program: “Habitat Strategic Initiative Lead Subrecipient Highlights” (October 20)
- Salish Sea Currents: “Genetics unlock mystery of green crab invasion” (August 26)
- Salish Sea Currents “Ten years of confronting a costly green crab invasion in Puget Sound” (August 26)
- KNKX Public Radio: “2024’s El Niño boosted invasive green crab in WA despite emergency management efforts” (June 6)
- Fox13: “Training sessions to detect European Green Crabs are now available” (June 2)
- Fox13: “Tracking invasive green crabs in WA” (May 9)
- Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber: “Volunteers crab for a cause at island estuary” (April 30)
- The Northern Light: “Scientists begin European green crab trapping season in Drayton Harbor” (April 23)
- Sequim Gazette: “Jamestown Tribe seeks volunteers for green crab detection” (March 5)
- Oceanographic Magazine: “Do genetics hold the key to the US’ European green crab problem?” (March 4)
2024
- Seattle Times: “No end in sight for WA’s battle against invasive green crabs” (September 5)
- KUOW: “Claws for concern: The green crab epidemic threatening Washington clams” (July 26)
- Whidbey News-Times: “Citizen scientists on the prowl for invasive crab” (July 19)
- The Olympian: “One of the worst invasive species threatens WA waters. Here’s what to do if you see it” (July 8)
- KUOW, Seattle Now: “Looking for crab molts to stop invasive green crabs” (June 24)
- Seattle Times: “Help search for invasive crab during the Salish Sea-wide Molt Blitz” (June 17)
- SEAToday: “Collect important data on invasive crabs for state researchers” (June 17)
2023
- Sequim Gazette “Invasive green crab presence remains on Olympic Peninsula” (January 11)
- KING 5 “Washington pushes for federal funding to trap invasive crab species” (April 5)
- KUOW “Volunteers needed to defend Washington against the green crab invasion” (May 3)
- The Northern Light “Scientists monitor Blaine’s juvenile European green crab populations in Drayton Harbor” (August 16)
2022
- Sierra “European Green Crab Populations Are Exploding in Washington State” (November 27)
- Accuweather “Green crabs are coming for our seafood – and climate change may be to blame” (September 23)
- NBC News “Green crabs have already invaded Washington’s shorelines. Now they’re heading to Alaska.” (September 6)
- Kitsap Sun “Seabeck green crab find helps launch funding push to fight invasion in Hood Canal and beyond” (September 2)
- Cascadia Daily News “Invasive green crab detected in Chuckanut Bay” (August 24)
- Fox13 Seattle “Volunteers prove critical in the fight against invasive green crabs” (August 1)
- Puget Sound Institute “Green crabs in Hood Canal raise questions about invasion; further response is coming” (July 1)
- Seattle Times “Invasive European green crabs are spreading. Here’s how WA is fighting back” (June 28)
- The Planet “DNA Detectives” (June 8)
- CBS News “Efficient predator”: Invasive European green crab found in new area of Washington state” (May 20)
- Fox 13 “WDFW: Invasive green crabs found in Hood Canal, ‘furthest south’ they have been detected” (May 19)
- Seattle Times “Invasive European green crab found in Hood Canal for first time” (May 19)
- Crosscut “New UW research explores a way to fight off invasive green crabs” (Feb. 23)
- KNKX “Washington researchers identify new tool in fight to contain invasive green crabs: eDNA” (Feb. 16)
- Peninsula Daily News “Inslee issues emergency order over green crab infestation” (Jan. 21)
- Sequim Gazette “Sequim’s invasive green crab count low in 2021” (Jan. 12)
2021
- Radio Pacific, Inc. “Green crab disaster in Lummi Sea Pond illustrates the need for vigilance” (Dec. 9)
- The Northern Light “Scientists see positive results from European green crab trapping in Drayton Harbor” (Dec. 8)
- KUOW “Lummi Nation combats massive outbreak of invasive European crabs” (Dec. 3)
- Puget Sound Institute “As in a pandemic, the battle against invasive species may well depend on early actions” (May 24)
- KNKX “Invasive green crabs continue to spread in Washington, especially in coastal estuaries” (May 14)
- The Daily World “State, volunteers, tribes, shellfish growers work together to combat invasive European green crab” (May 4)
- The Northern Light “European green crab trapping season starts in Drayton Harbor” (April 28)
- Sequim Gazette “Invasive green crab numbers dwindle in Dungeness” (March 31)
- The Planet Magazine “Washington’s crabby new resident” (March 20)
Pre-2020
2020
- KPTZ Coastal Cafe “Aquatic Invasive Species” (December 6)
- KUOW “Nearly 3,000 European invaders found on Puget Sound shores. They’re crabs” (December 2)
- The Northern Light “Scientists wrap up trapping season, catching 253 invasive green crab” (November 11)
- The Northern Light “145 invasive European green crabs caught in Drayton Harbor” (September 9)
- Skagit Valley Herald “Search for green crab ramps up in Padilla Bay” (September 3)
- KGMI 790 “European Green Crabs” (September 3)
- Skagit Valley Herald “Fight underway against invasive crab in Samish Bay” (August 28)
- The Northern Light “50 invasive green crabs caught in Drayton Harbor” (June 17)
- Encyclopedia of Puget Sound “Search for invasive green crab continues during pandemic” (May 21)
- The Islands’ Sounder “SeaDoc Society awards Salish Sea Science Prize to Crab Team for early detection and prevention of invasive European green crab” (April 23)
- KPTZ Nature Now “European Green Crabs” Part 1: #454 (March 18) and Part 2: #457 (April 8)
- Northwest Treaty Tribes “Being Frank: Cooperation key to containing green crab invasion” (April 2)
- The Sequim Gazette “Green crab trapping on hold across Western Washington” (April 1)
2019
- Squol Quol “Confirmed: Lummi now home to invasive European green crab” (October)
- The Peninsula Daily News “European green crab totals climb in Neah Bay, decline in Dungeness ” (October 20)
- The Northern Light “Concerns grow over invasive crab species in Drayton Harbor ” (October 16)
- The Port Townsend Leader “Invasive European green crabs found in Drayton Harbor ” (October 16)
- KGMI “Green crabs an issue in Drayton Harbor” (October 11)
- The Bellingham Herald “17 European green crabs trapped in Drayton Harbor, raising fears about these invaders ” (October 9)
- The Northern Light “Invasive crab species detected in Drayton Harbor ” (September 11)
- Peninsula Daily News “Volunteers trap European green crabs” (September 10)
- Sequim Gazette “Invasive green crab remains present across peninsula” (September 4)
- Bellingham Herald “This hungry crab has been found along Whatcom’s shores. Here’s why we don’t want it here” (September 3)
- Kitsap Sun “Can volunteer trappers halt the green crab invasion in Puget Sound?” (May 9)
- Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber “Islanders invited to training, hunt for invasive crab” (March 13)
- Kitsap Sun “New facts and findings about the European green crab invasion” (June 16)
2018
- KING 5 “El Niño winter could boost invasive crab population” (November 9)
- 107.7 The End “Conversations with Crab Team” (November 4)
- KING 5 “Invasive green crabs poised to move to South Sound” (October 30)
- Sequim Gazette “European green crab’s reach extends across North Olympic Peninsula” (October 3)
- PT Leader “European green crab found at Kala Point lagoon” (September 19)
- Northwest Sportsman “Large numbers of invasive crabs found at Makah Bay, but lessons learned too” (August 29)
- Seattle Times “Shell of invasive crab found in Fidalgo Bay” (June 30)
- Kitsap Sun “Green crabs entrenched at Dungeness Spit, but new issues are emerging” (June 15)
- Peninsula Daily News “Neah Bay European green crab total nearly 10 times more than Dungeness” (June 13)
- Northwest Sportsman “Good news, bad news from search for invasive green crab in straits, sound” (June 13)
- TVW @ Large “Aquatic Invasive Species Threat – 2018” (May 15)
- Sequim Gazette “Hunt for invasive green crab catches 16 in Dungeness in first month” (May 9)
- KUOW FM “‘The blob’ blamed for bringing invasive crab to Puget Sound” (May 4)
- Peninsula Daily News “More invasive green crabs found on Dungeness Spit” (May 3)
- Skagit Valley Herald “Search resumes for invasive green crabs in area waters” (May 3)
- KNKX FM “20 Invasive Green Crabs Discovered At Dungeness Spit” (April 28)
2017
- Skagit Valley Herald “Group finds more invasive green crabs over summer ” (October 27)
- Sequim Gazette “Resource managers end seasonal hunt for European green crab” (October 25)
- Sequim Gazette “Hunt for green crab winding down for winter” (September 27)
- Sequim Gazette “Invasive green crab count hits 87 on Dungeness Spit” (July 12)
- TVW @ Large “Aquatic Invasive Species” (June 12)
- Peninsula Daily News “Green crab count rises to 72 on Dungeness Spit” (June 12)
- Sequim Gazette “Researchers intensify hunt for invasive green crab” (May 17)
- KUOW FM “‘The blob’ blamed for bringing invasive crab to Puget Sound” (May 4)
- Peninsula Daily News “More invasive green crabs found on Dungeness Spit” (May 3)
- Skagit Valley Herald “Search resumes for invasive green crabs in area waters” (May 3)
- KNKX FM “20 Invasive Green Crabs Discovered At Dungeness Spit” (April 28)
- Kitsap Sun “Green crab invaders settle in on Dungeness Spit, Olympic Peninsula” (April 26)
- UW Today “Invasive green crab found at Dungeness Spit” (April 26)
- Peninsula Daily News “Invasive European green crab found in Dungeness Bay” (April 26)
- Skagit Valley Herald “Building a green crab defense team” (February 21)
2016
- Skagit Valley Herald “Invasive Green Crabs found in Padilla Bay” (October 3)
- The Daily (UW) “Little Pests, Big Problems” (October 3)
- EarthFix “Scientists Try Trapping to Halt Puget Sound’s European Green Crab Invasion” (September 26)
- Encyclopedia of Puget Sound “Second Invasive Green Crab Found in Puget Sound” (September 24)
- KNKX FM “Second Invasive Green Crab Found In Washington’s Inland Waters” (September 23)
- KNKX FM “Sea Grant Monitors In High Gear After Invasive Green Crab Found On San Juan Island” (September 12)
- Motherboard “Why a Single Green Crab Has West Coast Researchers Worried” (September 7)
- Kitsap Sun “A single green crab invader has been found, the first in Puget Sound” (September 3)
- Seattle Times “Invasive crab species makes its way to Washington’s inland waters” (September 3)
- King 5 Coverage & Post Invasive crab in Puget Sound concerns scientists” (September 2)
- Peninsula Daily News “Coast is clear: European green crabs absent from Strait of Juan de Fuca — so far” (August 10)
- Tacoma Weekly “Green crab could forever change Puget Sound waters” (August 4)
- Salish Sea Currents “Invasive in Puget Sound” series, including “Green crabs could impair Puget Sound shellfish operations” (August 3)
- Bellingham Herald “Keep an eye out for invasion of European green crab in Puget waters” (July 27)
- KPTZ 91.9FM Radio Port Townsend “Nature Now Episode 268 – Green Crab Survey Team, Part 1” (First aired July 13) “Nature Now Episode 271 – Green Crab Survey Team, Part 2” (First aired August 3)
- Stanwood Camano Times “Citizen-scientists monitor Puget Sound shorelines” (July 13)
- Port Townsend Leader “Scientists, citizens track voracious predator: European green crab is not our friend” (July 13)
- Skagit Valley Herald “Guarding against green crabs” (June 29)
- San Juan Islander “Scientists call on citizens to monitor Puget Sound’s shores” (June 23)
2015
- Port Townsend Leader “Tracking a voracious invasive predator”(December 9)
- KPTZ 91.9FM Radio Port Townsend “Nature Now Episode 226” (September)
