European Green Crab

Carcinus maenas

Invasive: remove, don't return

An invasive species. Do not return it to the water; report sightings to ODFW.

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Plate No. 028 · Finley & Bohlman

Take freely, it helps

An aggressive invader shredding eelgrass and out-competing native crab and clams. Take every one you catch and never return it to the water. You're doing the estuary a favor.

The read

Invasive. Five spines beside each eye. Remove, don't return. Report to ODFW.

What we watch: live feeds

Tide charts NOAA CO-OPS ↗ODFW alerts ODFW news releases ↗

The Kit

what a forager carries

Gear: Danielson folding crab trapAmazon ↗Promar wire bait cageAmazon ↗Pautzke Crab & Shrimp FuelAmazon ↗Oregon crab gaugestate-specificAmazon ↗Igloo marine coolerAmazon ↗
Wear: Neoprene bootfoot wadersCabela's ↗Grundéns Neptune bibsBackcountry ↗Showa Atlas 660 glovesAmazon ↗

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Sources

What informs European Green Crab in particular. The shared feeds it reads (tides, weather, water temp) are the live feeds above.

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