Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record? MD/Inland Bays (1995, Hines, personal communication, probably introduced much earlier). Green Crabs are frequently sold in bait shops, and used as bait by fishermen here (Kilian et al. 2012).
Geographic Extent
MD/Inland Bays (1995, Hines, personal communication); MD/Assawoman Bay (Miller and Brown 2005); Worcester County/MD/Sinepuxent Bay (2003, de Rivera et al. 2005)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Alternate | Discarded Bait |
Alternate | Hull Fouling |
Alternate | Natural Dispersal |