Green crab

Learn about the green crab, an invasive species wreaking havoc on both US coasts. How did it get here and why is it so problematic?

The green crab (Carcinus maenas) is a tiny brownish green crab native to the European shore line along the north-east Atlantic Ocean and the Baltic Sea. Although it measures only 90 millimetres (3…

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Hyper-aggressive Canadian green crabs are wreaking havoc on East Coast ecosystems.

The macro season is slowly coming to a start over here... Still not much moving around but at least I found this guy the other day. View larger!

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Fish farming in Australia is mostly focused on breeding fish for re-stocking streams, rivers and lakes and for cage and pond based commercial fish production. Most of the initial farms were trout and salmon farms developed to support the introduction of these exotic species into cool-water streams and lakes in Victoria, new South Wales, Tasmania and Western Australia.

Printer/PDF-friendly version by Monaca Noble and Linda McCann European green crabs are eating and marching their way up the west coast. One of nine marine invertebrates to make the list of the world’s 100 worst invasive species, they’ve had major economic impacts on shellfisheries in New England, including blue mussels, the Virginia oyster (Crassostrea virginica) […]

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