Invasive crab threatening shellfish industry, salmon
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- An invasive crab is stirring up concerns for Washington's salmon and shellfish. The European green crab is one of the most aggressive marine creatures on the planet.
The European green crab is an "efficient predator," according to Sea Grant Washington, and poses a major threat to fishing and shellfish industries in the Pacific Northwest.
The population is spreading rapidly in Washington state and the race is on to eradicate them before they pinch the state's economy.
The crabs have invaded the Lummi Indian reservation, Grays Harbor and Pacific counties the hardest, but now they're being found in Skagit County's Samish Bay.
That's where a fishing crew from Taylor Shellfish is fishing for the crabs, but this "catch of the day" is something nobody wants.
"It's pretty scary. That's my livelihood out there," said fisherman Andy Dewey. "A lot of jobs depend on this."
The invasive species is spreading through Washington waters, its numbers growing, with about 140,000 of them found this year alone.
"It's a trend we don't want to see," said Dewey. "It's getting worse."
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There shouldn't be a problem since fishermen are capable of fishing crabs to extinction if you let them.
If green crabs really are invasive species like they say. Then why not just allow nonstop open season on them.
Our waters are screwed
Limit was 10 but now they are so generous that they changed it to 35. Wow! Release the 36th one or else you might get a ticket
Put a bounty on them.
Green crab do nothing to Salmon spawning habitat. Green crab our inner tidal not upstream. We stomp every green crab possible.
thy are in fact supposed to be decent krab bits there...i saw a vid about a soup base that looked like something a large number of them could be used for. or in fact used as natural fertilizer
The state of oregon put limits on them they work very hard at destroying every fisheries we have in this state
Cook butter eat into Extinction from North West!