Apr. 3—Washington state will soon have another tool to support long-term management for one of the highest priority invasive species, European green crab, thanks to additional state funding ...

If you spot the European green crab, take a photo — put it back where you found it — and email the information about where you saw it and when to: [email protected].

If you spot the European green crab, take a photo — put it back where you found it — and email the information about where you saw it and when to: [email protected].

European green crabs can lay 185,000 eggs at a time, which drift in ocean currents, growing the territory and population of the invasive species. On Clayoquot Sound, the team starts pulling up traps.

A European green crab found in Willapa Bay, on the outer coast of Washington State. Green crabs have been established on the West Coast of Washington and B.C. since the late 90s. (P.

Green crab is eaten in parts of Europe and Asia. Galetti said it has been used in fish paste and pasta, and could potentially be used in croquettes, dips, soups, quiches, stuffings and sausages.

A private conservation group will take aerial photos of an estuary in eastern Canada to try to assess the damage caused by the invasive species, the European green crab. The Nature Conservancy of ...

European green crabs are considered to be one of the world’s worst invasive species and a significant threat to the health of Washington’s marine waters. Their destructive tendencies damage both ...

As of 2024, European green crab infestations have been found along much of Washington’s Pacific coast as well as in smaller, localized detections in the Salish Sea.

Washington will soon have another tool to support long-term management for one of the highest-priority invasive species, European green crab, thanks to additional state funding dedicated to genetic re ...