Some see opportunity amid Maine's green crab problem

Some see opportunity amid Maine's green crab problem

To make his fertilizer, Sam Cheeney hauls green crab traps, feeds the crabs through a grinder, lays them out to dry on homemade screens, and then grinds them into smaller pieces before bagging them for distribution. Courtesy Sam Cheeney/Green Kraken.The first time Sam Cheeney saw a green crab was in the early 2000s, as part of an ecology class at the University of Maine at Machias. He and his classmates ventured out across the mud flats and rock…