Crab Team protects Washington shorelines from invasive European green crab through monitoring, research, and capacity-building across the state. Our mission is to prevent green crab populations from flourishing and harming native species and habitats.
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About Green Crab
Learn why the green crab is a threat to Washingtons’ species, and how to identify it.
Research
Delve into the science of green crab populations, impacts, monitoring efforts and more.
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Utilize training, consultations, and resources that build technical capacity to manage green crab in Washington.
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Crab Team Blog
Natural History Notes: Pacific Tomcod
Natural History Notes: Pacific Tomcod You codda be kidding me! Pacific tomcod found for the first time in Crab Team traps Crab Team’s monitoring...
Deep Dive: Vectors and Pathways
Vectors and Pathways Before an invasive species becomes invasive, it first starts out minding its own business in the homeland, gets shuffled by...
Greetings From: Lone Tree Lagoon
Lone Tree Lagoon Site Number: 322 Region: North Central Puget Sound Launched: 2017 Team Captain: Kathy McNally The Crab Team monitoring site at Lone...