Invasive European green crab hit Quilcene Bay - Northwest Treaty Tribes

Invasive European green crab hit Quilcene Bay - Northwest Treaty Tribes

The Skokomish Tribe will be conducting significant trapping efforts for invasive European green crab throughout Hood Canal this summer, including in Quilcene Bay after finding several dozen in one session this spring. A total of 42 crab were removed from side channels of the bay, near the parking lot for the state tidelands on Linger Longer Road, with the largest measuring 3.3 inches wide, said Max Wiecek, the tribe’s aquatic invasive species co…