European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) on Nov 10, 2025

Submitter has sample

Description of specimen

We caught 7 small green crabs today and lost another 4-5 tiny ones through our traps holes. I saw another 5 caught today including a rather large one (5 inch diameter carapace roughly). Very hardy and feisty. Definitely harder to kill. They aren’t docile while flipped and they seem to last out of water for a long time.

Commentary

Thank you Frank for this invasive Green Crab report! ODFW is fully aware of this invasive. You can follow the link to their website for further information:
https://myodfw.com/crabbing-clamming/species/european-green-crab

Michael Blankenship, TCSWCD

Michael Blankenship
Nov. 11, 2025, 11:58 p.m.