SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZE, MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 10 CM. DISTINCT TO OTHER CRABS BY THERE 5 POINTED SPINES AND FROM THERE THREE ROUNDED SPINES BETWEEN THERE EYES.
GREEN CRABS DECIMATE THE SHELL FISH POPULATION (OYSTERS, CLAMS, MUSSLES, LOBSTERS AND OTHER CRABS) THEY ALSO DAMAGE THE EEL GRASS AND SALT MARSH HABITATS.
WHAT EFFECTS DO GREEN CRABS HAVE ON THE ECOSYSTEM
WHEN WAS THE GREEN CRAB INTRODUCED?
GREEN CRABS WERE FIRST FOUND IN CANADIAN WATERS IN 1951 IN THE SOUTHWEST NEW BRUNSWICK AREA AND HAVE SINCE EXPANDED.
IN SOME AREAS "FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA". DISTRIBUSES NUISANCE PERMITS WITCH MEANS ANY GREEN CRAB CAUGHT MAY BE DESORYED TO TRY TO REDUCE POPULATION SIZE.
IS ANYTHING BEING DONE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM?
THEY'RE KNOWN TO HAVE ARRIVED TO CANADA BY THE HOLDS OF OLD WOODEN SHIPS.
HOW CAN WE AVOID OTHER INASIVE SPIECIES?
IN THIS CASE IT WAS AN ACCIDENT SO PREVENTING IT WOULD BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE.
HOW DID THEY GET INTRODUCED?
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