Looking for crab molts to stop invasive green crabs
Seattle Now
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🗓️ 24 June 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Invasive green crabs began showing up along the Washington coast 20 years ago, and now they’re showing up here in Puget Sound.
Researchers say there's still time to stop the spread.
One of the best ways to combat this is through looking for crab shells on the shoreline.
Patricia Murphy takes a beach walk with Sea Grant’s Lisa Watkins.
Molt search: https://wsg.washington.edu/crabteam/moltsearch/
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| 0:00.0 | These days, there's so much news. |
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| 0:29.2 | Hey, good morning from the Edmund's Waterfront. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Monday. This is Seattle |
| 0:35.0 | now. Invasive green crabs began showing up along the Washington coast 20 years ago. |
| 0:41.1 | Now they're here in Puget Sound. |
| 0:43.3 | Researchers say there's still time to stop the spread. |
| 0:46.0 | We'll let you know how you can help in a minute. |
| 0:48.1 | But first, here's what's coming up this week. |
| 1:00.2 | Schools out for summer, but Seattle Public Schools budget meetings continue. Money is tight, and right now the plan proposed for the next year includes closing 20 elementary |
| 1:05.0 | schools. The next public meeting is Wednesday. We'll drop a link in the show notes with |
| 1:09.4 | information. It's been two years since |
| 1:11.5 | the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the legal right to abortion in the United States. Today, Washington |
| 1:16.9 | Senator Maria Cantwell will talk about how abortion bans have impacted reproductive care here |
| 1:22.0 | in Washington. Cantwell says our state has become a safe haven for people from multiple states |
| 1:27.4 | looking for legal |
| 1:28.6 | abortions from Idaho to as far away as Texas and Florida. And the Seattle Public Library is |
| 1:35.2 | celebrating the 50th anniversary of Seattle Gay News with a special exhibit that opens today. |
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