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BAD NEWS CRAB – The European green crab’s scientific name Carcinus maenas translates to “raving mad crab.” An adult male with a 3-inch carapace was found on San Juan Island last week, and scientists are concerned the unwelcome, invasive and destructive species could spread into local estuaries. – 2004 photo by Sean McDonald, courtesy of Washington Sea Grant
A member of an invasive crab species that indirectly threatens our delicious Dungeness variety and preys on clams and oysters was found at Westcott Bay on San Juan Island last week.
Volunteer monitors caught a European green crab, which doesn’t belong in our waters, but seems determined to homestead here anyway.
A team of volunteers from Washington Sea Grant caught the three-inch adult male as part of the Crab Team’s regular monitoring program.
European green crabs are native to the eastern Atlantic and Baltic Sea, but they have migrated as stowaways on ships. The creature was first seen in Am...
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