Oregon crabbers get OK to catch 3 times as many green ones

European green crabs

Experts are hoping the public can help stem the tide of the European green crabs, an invasive species competing for resources with Oregon's native Dungeness crab population.

By Tiffaany Eckert, KLCC

New Oregon regulations now allow recreational crabbers to catch triple the number of invasive green crabs from the state’s bays and inlets.

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