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How California Ecologists Are Fighting Back Against Invasive Green Crabs

One of the roughly 10,000 invasive European green crabs removed from Seadrift Lagoon this summer by the Green Crab Project. (Peter Arcuni/KQED)
One of the roughly 10,000 invasive European green crabs removed from Seadrift Lagoon this summer by the Green Crab Project. (Peter Arcuni/KQED)

The European green crab ranks among the world’s worst invasive species — decimating populations of native clams, fish and other crabs. The voracious predators arrived in the U.S. from Europe in the 1800s, and today cost the East Coast fishing industry $19 million each year.

More recently, green crabs are threatening commercial fisheries in California.

KQED’s Peter Arcuni takes a look at how ecologists in Marin County are striking back.

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