Documenting the European Green Crab Range Expansion
(Header photo: Allen Pleus, Aquatic Invasive Species Unit Lead for Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife wit...
Crab Team Welcomes Program Assistant
Header photo: assisting with the Cape Eleuthera Institute’s green sea turtle research. January 17, 2018 Ch...
Protocol in Focus: What happens to my data?
November 21, 2017 One strength of the Crab Team protocol is that it enables us to confidently compare findings amon...
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CORRECTION: First European Green Crab Confirmed in Port Angeles
February 5, 2018: CORRECTION Since this report was made, we have determined that the evidence originally submitted...
New Coastal Site for European Green Crab: Makah Bay
Header image courtesy of Zach Moore/USFWS October 25, 2017 At the end of August, Crab Team received an email on our...
Trapping for European Green Crab on Whidbey Island
October 12, 2017 The crew prepares to deploy traps at Lagoon Point. L-R Crab Team Lead, Jeff Adams; Volunteers Debr...
European Green Crab Captured on Whidbey Island
Adult European green crab captured by Crab Team volunteers at Lagoon Point this weekend. Photos: courtesy of Bridge...
European Green Crab Found in Sequim Bay
August 23, 2017 A single European green crab was captured in Sequim Bay last week by Neil Harrington, an Environmen...
Evidence of Predation on European Green Crab from Padilla Bay
August 14, 2017 It looks as though Crab Team, now a network of 52 early detection sites monitored by more than 200...
Widening the Search for European Green Crab in the Strait of Juan de Fuca
July 20, 2017 Trapping to remove invasive European green crab from Dungeness Spit National Wildlife Refuge is in it...
Update on European Green Crab at Dungeness Spit
Header image: Allen Pleus (WDFW) June 22, 2017 Four European green crab were captured at Dungeness Spit in early Ap...
Invasive Green Crab Found at Dungeness Spit
(Photo: European Green Crab found at Dungeness Spit, Sequim, April 2017. Photo by Allen Pleus, Washington Departme...
Protocol in Focus: Why do we survey the habitat transect every month?
One strength of the Crab Team protocol is that it enables us to confidently compare findings among sites, and track...
Crab Team Takes Willapa Bay by Storm: Part 3
November 15, 2016 This series of three posts was originally written in August, but was pre-empted by the news of Eu...
Crab Team Takes Willapa Bay by Storm: Part 2
November 8, 2016 This series of three posts was originally written in August, but was pre-empted by the news of Eur...
Crab Team Takes Willapa Bay by Storm!
November 3, 2016 This series of three posts was originally written in August, but was pre-empted by the news of E...
Volunteer Voices: The Discovery of a European Green Crab on San Juan Island
October 18, 2016 You’ve heard a lot from us about sightings of the European green crabs that have occurred ov...
How to Get Your “Eyes on the Beach” Like a Pro
October 6, 2016 The recent captures of invasive European green crabs, the first documented in Washington’s...
Padilla Bay Rapid Assessment: Wrap Up
Header image by Allen Pleus (WDFW) September 29, 2016 The joint effort by WSG Crab Team, Washington Department of F...
Padilla Bay Rapid Response: Day 2
September 27, 2016 Map showing trapping (white) and capture (red) sites to date for invasive European green crab in...
Padilla Bay Rapid Response: Day 1
September 26, 2016 Emily here to report that Crab Team is on the road again, spending three days in Padilla Bay wh...
New Sighting of European Green Crab in Padilla Bay
September 23, 2016 Hot on the heels of the recent capture of the first confirmed European green crab along Washingt...
Crab Team’s Rapid Response: Day 2 & 3, the Big Finale!
September 14, 2016 Emily here again, this time from back in Seattle. Our boots are washed, the gear is stowed, and...
Crab Team’s Rapid Response: Day 1
September 12, 2016 Emily preps bait for trapping response on the FHL docks. Emily here, writing from beautiful Frid...
Protocol in Focus: What is “live epifauna”?
September 8, 2016 One strength of the Crab Team protocol is that it enables us to confidently compare findings a...