WSG Crab Team Trip to Makah Bay
August 8th, 2018
Measuring one of the green crab caught in a trap in the Wa’atch River estuary.
Last month, Washington Sea Grant Crab Team staff traveled to the Makah Reservation in the northwest corner of the Olympic Peninsula to participate in the Makah Tribe’s European green crab trapping...
European green crab found in Port Townsend area
September 25, 2018
The Kala “Krabbers” with European green crab. From back row, left to right: Wendy Feltham, Chris Jones, Lee Merill, Eileen Cooney, Katherine Jensen. Photo: Chris Jones
WSG Crab Team volunteers at Kala Point, near Port Townsend, captured a single European green crab dur...
Crab Team New Monitor Training: in-person session in Bayview (Skagit)
This event is the in-person session in Crab Team’s New Monitors series of 4 required sessions for new monitors of inland sites. This session is one of the several location/date options offered for the required in-person training session: 3/27 in Bayview (Skagit County).
Crab Team’s annual traini...
Shining a Light
Shining a Light
Scientists are measuring how sediment impacts light availability in the water column at the mouth of the Elwha
UW researchers prep the tripod system for deployment on a UW boat at Ediz Hook, WA, 2015. Photo by E. Eidam.
By Niall Dunne
Unshackl...
Monitoring the Damage in the Heat Wave’s Wake
From the Autumn 2022 Sea Star
Washington Sea Grant rapidly provided funding to two projects to survey the impacts of the historic June 2021 heat wave on intertidal marine life
By Samantha Larson, WSG Science Writer
Joe Williams, front, and Darrell Williams with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community...
Additional Green Crab Captured in Samish Bay
August 13, 2019
Female European green crab captured by shellfish growers working for Taylor Shellfish. This crab was likely previously injured which is evident from the unusual shape of the shell the outside of the left eye. Typically green crab have give distinct spines to the outside of each eye (...
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 European green crab captures on San Juan Island and in Padilla Bay. Better late than never, here are our field notes on green crab trapping in Willapa Bay during August of this year. Of...
Duwamish Alive! Kayaking and Restoration Work
Volunteer work will be happening on land and on the water! And as a volunteer, you will have the opportunity to do both! Terminal 107 or T-107 Park, managed by the Port of Seattle, is an important historical site. It was originally built as a construction site for a marine terminal that overlooks th...
Washington Sea Grant in the News
Washington Sea Grant in the News
June 2025
In northwest Washington, invasive green crabs threaten Padilla Bay’s eelgrass
News from The States, June 29
A decapod for a decennial: Critter of the Month ages with the grace of a graceful rock crab
Washington Department of Ecology, June 25
GGHI...
Public Comment Sought for Washington Sea Grant Site Review
September 20, 2019
Washington Sea Grant will be reviewed on November 5 -7, 2019 by a team convened by the National Sea Grant Program.
The review will be conducted at the University of Washington campus and will consider all aspects of the WSG program including management and organization, performanc...
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 “tip line” from a beachwalker who had spotted a European green crab near Hobuck Beach in Makah Bay. The photograph submitted enabled us to immediately confirm the sighting,...
Crab Team Training Workshop (Lopez Island)
This event is free, but registration is required.
Interested in becoming a Crab Team volunteer monitor to help protect pocket estuaries on Lopez Island? This full-day training workshop will fully equip you to be our “Boots in the Mud” and join the Crab Team volunteer corps –...