No green crabs have ever been observed in Puget Sound south of Whidbey Island. On the outer coast, at the tip of the Olympic Peninsula, Makah Tribe technicians caught 1,000 green crabs in 2020 ...

It is easy to find crabs of all sizes and colors when exploring a Puget Sound beach at low tide. Metro Parks Tacoma Courtesy Living in the Puget Sound-area, you likely know a lot about crabs ...

Recreational crabbing is one of the most popular summer activities in Puget Sound. The season is now open to just about everyone in the area except the San Juan Islands, Bellingham and the Gulf of ...

PUGET SOUND — Pursuing Dungeness crab is a fun summertime activity whether you’re setting a pot from a pier or boat or wading along a beachfront with dip net in hand. To boost the excitement ...

ANACORTES — An invasion has begun in Padilla Bay, with European green crabs infiltrating the mudflats and settling in among native shore crabs.

The 2023 Puget Sound summer crab-fishing season is now underway. It started July 1. A crab biologist with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife says the boat ramp in Everett on opening day was ...

On a cloudy Friday morning, a group of volunteers huddled on the shore of the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve ...

Troyer offered another memory tool: European green crabs’ carapaces are wide on the eye side, kind of like your eyes might be if you were to come across one in the south Puget Sound.

Troyer offered another memory tool: European green crabs’ carapaces are wide on the eye side, kind of like your eyes might be if you were to come across one in the south Puget Sound.

Washington wildlife officials are finding fewer European Green Crabs in the Puget Sound region. More than 1 million of the crabs were removed from Washington waters in 2024.

Living in the Puget Sound-area, you likely know a lot about crabs — even if your knowledge is just limited to what they look like and your favorite ways to eat them. But crabs are far more than ...