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A growing number of restaurants nationwide are participating in "Green Crab Week," a yearly initiative to promote the ...
On a cloudy Friday morning, a group of volunteers huddled on the shore of the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve ...
European green crabs have established themselves as a formidable threat to local shellfish since appearing on Pacific Northwest shores in the late 1990s.
The European green crab, an invasive species that has had severe impacts on the East Coast shellfish industry and can harm important eelgrass and estuary habitats, is listed as a priority species ...
Through a partnership with Washington Sea Grant and WSU Extension’s Molt Search program, over the past month, Friends of the San Juans staff have trained dozens of community members to identify and ...
Thousands of the crabs have already been trapped in southern Southeast Alaska, and experts advise the public to be on the ...
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (KTUU) - A small but potentially environmentally threatening crab is expanding its area of influence in Alaska. The European Green Crab was first discovered near Alaska’s coast in ...
Invasive species cost the North American economy $26 billion a year. By outcompeting local plants or animals, invaders reduce ...
The European green crab has been linked to the decline of shrimp, clam and crab populations, posing a threat to biodiversity and local economies. The green crab is an invasive species notorious ...
Out-of-control invasive species has met its match: Cute and hungry otters West coast states are spending millions to protect their inland waterways from invasive crabs. In some places, otters are ...
Invasive European green crabs are making waves in the Gulf of Maine. Here what's being done to get rid of these invasives.
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 ...