The person who found a European green crab on Etolin Island on Oct. 2 took a photo of the discovery for the state's invasive species office.
European green crabs, a particularly invasive species known for aggressively displacing native species and damaging important vegetation, have been found on Etolin Island just southwest of Wrangell.
A monitoring effort that spans much of Southeast is working to identify and possibly mitigate their continued spread northward.
The crabs were first found in Metlakatla in the summer of 2022. Since then, they've been found increasingly farther north, with Etolin Island the northernmost confirmed sighting of the crabs so far.
Tammy Davis, the invasive species coordinator for the Alaska Department of...
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