Blue crabs, quintessential to the Chesapeake Bay and Gulf Coast, have been known to show up now and then in northern lobster traps. But about three to four years ago, scientists started hearing reports of more sightings in the warming Gulf of Maine.
The team at Manomet attaches a tag to each blue crab, so their locations and movements can be tracked if found by fishermen and members of the public.
Crabs that have been caught before have a small notch clipped from their swimmer paddle. And after a lengthy battle with the kitchen tongs, Crane confirms that this crab has not been tagged. Under a busy Route 1 underpass near West Bath, Batchelder maneuvers a rowboat along the upper edge of the New Meadows River, and discovers four blue crabs in a single trap.
Fishermen and shellfish harvesters, who have reported nearly 100 blue crab sightings to Manomet through an online dashboard, express mixed feelings about their growing presence. "A couple generations ago you fish whatever is plentiful and pays the most in that season, that time of year," he said."I like that more diverse approach. I think that's a little bit safer."
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