European green crabs are small but highly aggressive crustaceans that are notorious for damaging native ecosystems. Now that people in Metlakatla have found them, what will they do?
When Natalie Bennett was walking surveying a beach on Annette Island as part of a team trying to defend Southeast Alaska from marine invaders, she made a major but ominous discovery: the state’s first documented shell of an invasiveBennett, a summer intern with the nonprofit Sealaska Heritage Institute who was working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, noticed the tell-tale spines on the side of the eye areas.
That was not a surprise, said an official with the Metlakatla Indian Community, the island’s tribal government that, in partnership with NOAA Fisheries, is leading the green crab search. Annette Island, on which the town of Metlakatla is located, is at the far southeastern corner of Alaska. Movement of European green crabs into the area was considered almost inevitable, but this summer’s discoveries were stunning nonetheless.
Barb Lake of NOAA Fisheries and two other team member work on July 21 setting traps in the Tamgas Harbor area to snare invasive European green crabs.
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