[acn-l] Green Crab Update, B.C., 990630

Jay DeLong (thirdwind at att.net)
Fri, 09 Jul 1999 21:08:57 -0700

Jay DeLong

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Subject: Forwarded: Green Crab Update, B.C., 990630

From: "Morrison, Jim" <MorrisonJ at pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
To: "'Listserv Green Crab'" <greencrb at lists.pdx.edu>
Subject: Green Crab Update, B.C., 990630
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 11:40:18 -0700

A second adult green crab, a male, was collected from Useless Inlet in
Barkley Sound, on June 29. It was caught by Norm and Marleen Truesdell who
are biological survey volunteers from Texas. It was caught with modified
minnow traps, baited with clams.

A map showing the general location of Useless Inlet is available at:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/ops/fm/shellfish/crab/UPDATES.HTML

The province of British Columbia also has a crew looking at sites in this
area. Bamfield Marine Station personnel will be searching for green crab in
southern Barkley Sound. Parks Canada and First Nations biologists for this
area have been notified.

The intention is to undertake a broad inspection this summer to determine
the extent of the introduction.

Jim Morrison
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
(250) 756-7233 fax (250) 756-7162
morrisonj at dfo-mpo.gc.ca

-----Original Message-----
From: Jamieson, Glen; Morrison, Jim
Sent: June 23, 1999 9:55 AM
Subject: RE: British Columbia Carcinus Update

The green crab, Carcinus maenas, has been found in British Columbia! A live
60 mm female crab was collected at the head of Barkley Sound in Useless
Inlet (48 degree, 59 minutes N; 125 degrees, 3 minutes W)on the west coast
of Vancouver Island by Cheryl Dunsmore at 10:00 am on June 17, 1999. Cheryl
is interested in a career in marine biology. It was found at the 0.3 m tide
level under a layer of macroalgae. The size of the specimen suggests that it
may have arrived a year or so ago, possibly as a result of El Nino generated
warm water intrusions from the south.

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