Chinese mitten crab found in Lower Columbia River

Chinese mitten crab found in Lower Columbia River

A Chinese mitten crab, a prohibited species in Oregon, was caught on April 22 in the Lower Columbia River east of Tongue Point, along the North Oregon Coast.

Chinese Mitten Crab Found In Lower Columbia; First Confirmed In NW

ODFW reports that a Chinese mitten crab was found in the Lower Columbia east of Tongue Point earlier this week, a first for the Northwest, and worrisome given "significant infrastructure and ecological damage" seen during a mitten crab infestation elsewhere on the West Coast. The post Chinese Mitten Crab Found In Lower Columbia; First Confirmed In NW appeared first on .