Invasive European green crabs continue to pose a threat to the Pacific Northwest, and Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has shared new information to help the community identify the crabs. FOX13
European Green Crab – a species that’s only been found in Washington since the late 1990s – don’t have any native predators, but they’re known to eat anything and everything according to Lummi biologist Bobbie Buzzell.continue to pose a threat to the Pacific Northwest, and Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife has shared new information to help the community identify the crabs.
According to Washington Sea Grant Jeff Adams, counting the five "teeth" on either edge of their shell is the best method to distinguish green crabs from other noninvasive species. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has allocated some $2.2 million to fighting the spread of European green crabs. That’s more than a third of its $6 million aquatic invasive species budget for the 2021-2023 biennium.Carcinus maenas European Green Crab
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