New England fights invasive green crabs with innovative eat them strategy

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  • Green crabs have been in New England since the mid-to-late 1980s, making their way from Europe and West Africa via cargo ships
  • The invasive green crab is doing damage to New England's shellfish industry
  • The crabs have broad environmental tolerances, so they can live anywhere from intertidal to subtidal areas, from 30 to 100 feet
If you cant beat them, eat them.Thats become a slogan of sorts for the New England seafood industry and some of the fishermen who supply them, as they try to eradicate or at least control the po [+4083 chars]

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