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Greenways Nature Club: Dungeness Crab Light Trap Visit signup sheet
On Wednesday, June 24th, Greenways' Nature Club is getting crabby! We are planning to wander down Fisherman's Wharf where we will investigate a Light Trap suspended in the water that is designed to attract juvenile Dungeness crabs. In their early life stages, as larva and their final pre-adult "megalopae" stage, instead of crawling along the ground, crabs float through life in the water column guided by the will of the sea. The light trap is a part of the Sentinels of Change Project led by Hakai Institute, which seeks to gather data to better understand the distribution and timing of dispersal of these planktonic critters. The data they collect with volunteers provides an indication of the number of adult crabs there will be in following years, which ultimately contributes to our understanding of their population trends and informs their conservation.
A waiver for participants can be found here: https://waiver.smartwaiver.com/w/hchaalf84mfs85ujq3psru/web/
Crab Light Trap Visit
Date: Wednesday, June 24th
Time: 10:30 am
Location: Campbell River Fisherman's Wharf - meet beside Aquarium
