Barry and Kathy Bracken along with Sunny Rice inspect the first crab carapace found during last Friday's molt walk on European Green Crab Awareness Day.
10 volunteers pulled on their rubber boots and rain jackets last Friday to search Petersburg's beaches for suspicious crab carapaces in observation of European Green Crab Awareness Day.
After breaking into four groups, the volunteers combed the waterfronts of the Wilson Creek camp area, Crescent Beach, Greens Camp, and Woodpecker Cove; they found 33 carapaces in total, none of which were green crab.
"I think it went well. I think it's good we didn't find any green crab," said organizer and Alaska Sea Grant marine advisory program agent Sunny Rice after the event.
"Maybe there are places that a...
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