In 2006, invasive green crabs were just starting to show up in Oregon bays. Nearly two decades later, these nonnative critters are multiplying at alarming rates and threatening Pacific Northwest shellfish.

*Editor's Note: the Oregon Fish and Wildlife biologist featured in this video is Summer Henricksen. We apologize for the misspelling.

Invasive European green crabs threaten Northwest shellfish industries https://www.opb.org/article/2024/01/0...

Dealing with edible invaders: Oregon triples the bag limit for European green crabs: https://www.opb.org/article/2022/08/1...

Scientists say: eat more green crabs https://www.opb.org/article/2021/11/2...

Chapters:
0:16 Why European Green Crabs are dangerous for the Oregon coast
1:44 2006 surveying and documentation
2:16 The worry and what is happening in Washington state
2:47 European Green Crabs dig up and destroy eel grass, an important habitat
3:19 Female European Green Crabs
4:23 European Green Crabs evolutionary traits for survival
5:15 People can take 35 European Green Crabs per day per person
5:40 ODFW
6:20 How to identify European Green Crabs (535)
7:28 What do you do with European Green Crabs
8:21 The importance of identifying European Green Crabs


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