Crab Team In the News

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)

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)

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)

• 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)

• 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)
• 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)

• 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)

• 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)