The Maine Green Crab Taskforce is looking for individual harvesters and growers in the Maine fisheries and aquaculture industries to take a survey about the threat of European Green Crabs in Maine. The purpose of this survey is to assess the occurrence and recent impacts of growing European green crab (Carcinus maenas) populations in Maine. The taskforce would like to determine 1) how many harvesters and growers currently encounter green crabs, 2) whether harvesters and growers have observed changes in local populations over the last several years, and 3) whether there are ongoing impacts to marine resources that the taskforce should be aware of. Additionally, your unique assessment of experiences with green crabs will provide beneficial information that will aid the taskforce in developing solutions to this important problem. To provide your response, please complete and return the following survey by August 22nd, 2014. All surveys can either be returned via email ([email protected]) or by mail to the address listed at the link: The survey is available here: content.govdelivery/attachments/MEDMR/2014/08/04/file_attachments/313162/Harvester%2BGrower%2BQuestionaire.pdf
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:07:41 +0000