I think it is because the European green crab can be confused with several similar looking native crabs. So in the name of caution, removing the risk of killing native crabs.How does releasing them help stop the spread? Are they worried that someone will take a live green crab and accidently release it somewhere else to proliferate new territory?
I wouldn’t give WDFW that much thoughtful credit…I think it is because the European green crab can be confused with several similar looking native crabs. So in the name of caution, removing the risk of killing native crabs.
In that case, what's the point in printing the species specific information about green crabs? How will taking photos and reporting the sighting to WDFW make any difference?I think it is because the European green crab can be confused with several similar looking native crabs. So in the name of caution, removing the risk of killing native crabs.
I can name a few that have been very successful.The train has already left the station. I get a kick out of the energy put into stopping invasives. Especially ones that hide under rocks. Name one that has been successful. We now have green crabs to go along with the sea squirts and the knotweed and the blackberries and whatever else. Still waiting to see where the next killer hornet sighting will be, although they may have got onto that one in time to do something.
Yes, they've got their finest people working on it now. Consultations, roundtables, focus groups, studies, reports to select government standing committees are coming soon. We should all feel better now.Don’t worry they will have a solution soon!
I don't mean successfully reproducing in our foreign to them land or water. I mean successfully eradicated.I can name a few that have been very successful.
The Japanese Oyster - imported here to create a fishery after most of the native Olympia Oysters were harvested.
The Manilla Clam - the spat of which arrived here on the shells of the Japanese Oyster and now makes up the majority of commercial and recreational catches, and is being propagated on shellfish leases throughout the PNW.
The Varnish Clam - a more recent arrival that has really taken off which it's believed arrived in ballast water from Asian cargo ships.
From https://wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/invasive/carcinus-maenas:In that case, what's the point in printing the species specific information about green crabs? How will taking photos and reporting the sighting to WDFW make any difference?
Yes, they've got their finest people working on it now. Consultations, roundtables, focus groups, studies, reports to select government standing committees are coming soon. We should all feel better now.
This is another shining example of crack management teams at the WDFW doing what they do. Effectively nothing. The WDFW is the appendix of Washington. It's there, nobody knows what it does, and if removed you likely wouldn't miss it. In fact it's so infected and necrotic the best course of action might be to remove it. I'm done carrying water for that organization. I think the best thing would be to remove it and start fresh.