http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2018/07/eating-the-invader-alicia-edwards-21-helps-develop-green-crab-fisheries/ A repository for Bowdoin news archives Wed, 14 Nov 2018 20:25:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.11 http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2018/07/eating-the-invader-alicia-edwards-21-helps-develop-green-crab-fisheries/comment-page-1/#comment-124031 Thu, 12 Jul 2018 18:06:47 +0000 http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/?p=152384#comment-124031 Since being introduced to the Eastern United States in mid-1800s, the green crab has become one of the most destructive and widely spread invasive species of all time. Green crabs pose major threats to biodiversity by outcompeting local crab species, preying on soft-shell clam and mussel populations, and destroying crucial eelgrass habitats by “slicing” grass while foraging. As temperatures in the Gulf of Maine and Cape Cod waters rise, green crab populations are expected to increase. In an effort to mitigate the green crab’s catastrophic invasion, many environmental agencies have poured assets into removal efforts where fisherman are paid to compost crabs. We had a different idea: let’s eat them.

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