Scientists have been watching for invasive European green crabs to show up in Alaska for years. A NOAA biologist says that a mid-July find of three shells on Annette Island means 'they are moving our way.'
Carapaces, or shells, from invasive European green crabs found on the beaches of Annette Island this week.
“Well, everybody was pretty much shocked, I guess, is the best word,” Dustin Winter, the director of Metlakatla Indian Community’s Fish and Wildlife department, said in a phone interview Friday. “On Tuesday, July 19, 2022, the MIC DFW confirmed that three shed carapaces from Invasive Green Crab were found on Annette Island Reserve, AK. This is the first confirmed observation of Invasive Green Crab carapaces in the State of Alaska. On July 21, 2022, five more carapaces and two fully intact juvenile carcasses were identified,” Metlakatla Indian Community said in a statement.to monitor the seas and shores for signs of the crab.
“It started out kind of small, but it’s turned into quite the project now,” Winter said. “We have three, sometimes four, people working every other week, setting pots and pulling pots and recording what kind of crabs they’re catching.”Shaw, the NOAA biologist, says the discovery means it’s time to take action.
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