Green Crab Invasion Continues Growing on Dungeness Spit in Washington
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Peninsula Daily News] by Matthew Nash - May 25, 2017
SEQUIM, Wash. — The invasive European green crab count continues to rise on the Dungeness Spit.
Researchers said 60 crabs had been caught by crews as of Thursday after they had quadrupled the number of traps placed in Dungeness’ waters.
Lorenz Sollmann, deputy project leader at the Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, said staff and volunteers put out 108 traps multiple times last week.
“We’ve got out what we can handle,” he said. ...
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