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#687 Baby Dungeness Crabs and Light Traps

(Airdate: September 4, 2024) Dungeness crabs are hugely important in the Pacific Northwest – commercially, recreationally, ecologically, and traditionally. Yet scientists and resource managers don’t know how big the population is, how and why it varies over time, or how significant natural and human caused factors can impact these populations. Join Nan Evans to explore how new and cooperative efforts (and some very simple techniques) are trying to better understand the dynamic Dungeness crab populations.