Green Crabs
Green Crab Identification
Green Crabs have 5 spines on each side of their eyes. Their carapace (shell) is roughly pentagon shaped. The crabs can be green, brown or red.
Green crabs rarely grow larger than 3 1/4 inches. The size measured is the width of the crab at the widest part of its carapace – from the tip of one spine to the other.
Green Crab Trap Types Used in the Kennebec Estuary
Eel Trap – Minnow Trap – Modified Lobster Trap – Shrimp Trap – Acer Crab Trap
Kennebec Estuary Green Crabs in the News
Bath Middle School Green Crab Population Study
‘Bath Students, KELT, Team Up’ in The Times Record 10.28.2013
‘Bath Students Obtain ‘Real’ Learning: Conducting Green Crab Study’ in The Times Record 10.27.2014
Georgetown
‘Clam Farming Eyed as Possible Solution to Green Crab Invasion’ in The Times Record 12.18.2013
‘Clam Class: KELT event teaches explorers of all ages’ in The Times Record 7.18.2014
Woolwich
‘Woolwich Clammers Prepare to Fight Back’ in the Wiscasset Newspaper 1.8.2014
‘Woolwich Students Help Out: Clam Seed Study’ in The Times Record 5.27.2014
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Green Crab Resources
Maine Green Crab Summit – information and presentations from the December, 2013 Green Crab Summit