KQED News Fix/The California Report
The European green crab is small — only about 4 inches wide — and does not have the giant claws of fiddler crabs or spindly limbs of king crabs. These crabs, however, are predators that are among the world’s worst invasive species.
Scientists estimate that green crabs cost the fishing industry close to $19 million a year on the East Coast. And in recent years, they have been seen along the West Coast from Monterey Bay to British Columbia.
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