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MARINE INVASIVES

Invasive Crabs

European Green Crab (Cancer maenas) - USGS species profile

NATIONAL PLAN

Management Plan for the European Green Crab. 2024. Submitted to the ANSTF by the ANSTF European Green Crab Working Group. 76pp.

STATE AND REGIONAL PLANS

DeBruyckere, L., L. Elwell, T. Davis, B. Wishnek, A. Martin, J. Maurer, L. Shaw, D. Winter, and S. Phillips. 2023. Early Detection and Rapid Response Plan for Invasive European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) in Alaska 2023–2028, 64pp.
Turner, B. 2024. European Green Crab 2025-2031 Management Plan for Washington. Olympia, WA: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. 237 pp.
Drinkwin, J., Pleus, A., Therriault, T., Talbot, R., Grason, E.W., McDonald, P.S., Adams, J., Hass, T., Litle K., 2019. Salish Sea Transboundary Action Plan for Invasive European Green Crab. Puget Sound Partnership.

Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) - USGS species profile

NATIONAL PLAN

National Management Plan for the Genus Eriocheir (Mitten Crabs). 2003. Submitted to the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force by the Chinese Mitten Crab Working Group. 118pp.

STATE AND REGIONAL PLANS

Chinese Mitten Crab Early Detection/Rapid Response Plan for the Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel Region. 2012. 51pp.

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U.S. Geological Survey/photo by Dann Blackwood (USGS)

Invasive Tunicates

Invasive Tunicates

Bliss Rapid Snails. Credit: USFWS

STATE AND REGIONAL PLANS

LITERATURE

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