'The Blob' Blamed for Bringing Invasive Crab to Puget Sound
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [KUOW] by Paige Browning - May 9, 2017
Scientists think they know what brought invasive European green crab into Washington's inland waters last year.
In short: "the blob." That was the temporary expanse of abnormally warm water off the West Coast from 2013 to late 2015.
Green crab have lived for years on the outer West Coast, particularly on western Vancouver Island. They never made it inland, however, past the cold water in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Scientists set traps out anyway, in case the invasive crab migrated. ...
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