Invasive European green crabs have likely found a lasting home in Washington’s coastal waters and parts of Puget Sound. The question now is whether the state can pinch down hard enough on the aquatic ...

New Hampshire’s estuaries are showing some signs of improvement, according to a new report from the Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP) at the University of New Hampshire. But the group of ...

If you fish, boat, crab, beachwalk, or just read the news in Western Washington, by now you’ve probably heard about the invasive European green crab. Native to Western Europe from the Baltic Sea to ...

LA PUSH — European green crabs have been detected for the first time in the Quillayute River estuary. A joint survey conducted by the Quileute Tribe, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, the ...

Cedar Gordon, a 2024 intern with the Leslie Lab, deployed oyster shells, upon which baby oysters may settle, on the shore of the Damariscotta River to support studies of the estuary’s wild oyster ...

Lurking within the deep, blue waters that lap along the Washington state coastline and into the Puget Sound, algal blooms burst in colorful explosions when the sun shines across the surface, giving ...

The Washington State Department of Health this week awarded $5.5 million to restore and protect shellfish habitats across Puget Sound. The funds will go toward 11 proposed projects as part of the ...