green crab

The frequency of catching European green crabs in traps has increased throughout the Coos River estuary since 2016.

 Courtesy the University of Washington

It’s almost like something out of a horror movie. Waves of invasive European green crabs are threatening the Coos Bay estuary, and its existing population of Dungeness crabs, as well as clams, oysters, and mussels, according to a recent report published by South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve.

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Has anyone looked into whether small mouth bass eat green crab? [rolleyes]

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