Local shellfish farmer Bill Dewey pulls a trap from the water Thursday during an ongoing effort to trap invasive European green crabs that have been found in Samish Bay.
Local shellfish farmer Andy Dewey holds an invasive European green crab Thursday that was the 70th caught in a Samish Bay trapping effort in which he is involved. It brings the number of the crabs found in the bay to 88.
Kaylene Riehle (left) and Chelsey Buffington, both of the state Department of Fish & Wildlife, hauled traps into Samish Bay on July 20 to search for the invasive European green crab.
Local shellfish farmer Bill Dewey holds an invasive green crab caught Thursday in Samish Bay. The five points on each side of the crab’s front and the yellow dots on its top are features that set it apart from native crabs.
The invasive European green crab has been found in Samish and Padilla bays as well as waters in neighboring Whatcom County. The sites where they have been found are marked in yellow.
Since shellfish farm workers found an invasive European green crab in Samish Bay oyster beds in January 2019, 88 of the crabs have been retrieved from the bay.
Local shellfish farmer Bill Dewey pulls a trap from the water Thursday during an ongoing effort to trap invasive European green crabs that have been found in Samish Bay.
Kimberly Cauvel / Skagit Valley Herald
Kaylene Riehle (left) and Chelsey Buffington, both of the state Department of Fish & Wildlife, hauled traps into Samish Bay on July 20 to search for the invasive European green crab.
Local shellfish farmer Bill Dewey holds an invasive green crab caught Thursday in Samish Bay. The five points on each side of the crab’s front and the yellow dots on its top are features that set it apart from native crabs.
Kimberly Cauvel / Skagit Valley Herald
The invasive European green crab has been found in Samish and Padilla bays as well as waters in neighboring Whatcom County. The sites where they have been found are marked in yellow.
The invasion of the European green crab in local waters continues.
In Samish Bay, what began as the discovery of a few of the crabs in Taylor Shellfish Farm’s aquaculture beds in January 2019 has this summer grown into a full-fledged trapping effort. As of Thursday, 88 non-native crabs had been pulled from the water.
Local shellfish farmer Andy Dewey holds an invasive European green crab Thursday that was the 70th caught in a Samish Bay trapping effort in which he is involved. It brings the number of the crabs found in the bay to 88.
Since shellfish farm workers found an invasive European green crab in Samish Bay oyster beds in January 2019, 88 of the crabs have been retrieved from the bay.
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