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PACIFIC NORTHWEST CRAB RESEARCH GROUP

PUBLICATIONS & RESOURCES

PCRG RESOURCES

General:

PCRG Research Guide 2020-2025 [PDF]

PCRG Charter 2024-2026 [PDF]

Dungeness Crab Life History, Fishery Co-Management, and PCRG Research
[recorded presentation]

Dungeness Crab in the Salish Sea: Recent Research in Changing Water (Panel)[recorded presentation]

Baby Dungeness Crabs and Light Traps [radio/podcast]
Click here to listen on Spotify | Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts

Light Trap Toolkit

Data Requests & Sharing:

PCRG Data Catalog [Google Sheet]

PCRG Data Request Form [Google Form]

PCRG Data Sharing Agreement [Google Form]

Education:

Fisheries & Marine Science Careers - Pacific Shellfish Institute [PDF]

Light Trap Curriculum (Grades 6-8) - Pacific Shellfish Institute

RESEARCH & REPORTS

Guiding Literature:

Rasmuson, 2013. The Biology, Ecology, and Fishery of the Dungeness crab, Cancer magister. Advances in Marine Biology. [abstract]

Shanks & Roegner, 2007. Recruitment limitation in Dungeness crab populations is driven by variation in atmospheric forcing. Ecology. [abstract]

Dinnel et al. 1993. Evidence for multiple recruitment-cohorts of Puget Sound Dungeness crab, Cancer magister. [abstract]

Publications by PCRG Members:

Buckner et al. 2025. Developing a collaborative Dungeness crab larval monitoring network in the Salish Sea to provide long-term, fishery-relevant data. Fisheries. [full article]

McElhany et al. 2025. Population and maternal variation in the sensitivity of Dungeness crab Metacarcinus magister zoeae to elevated CO2. Marine Ecology Progress Series. [abstract]

Grossman et al. 2025. Swinomish larval and juvenile Dungeness crab monitoring report for 2023. Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. [full report]

Cook et al. 2024. Modeling growth of multiple recruitment cohorts of Dungeness crab co-occurring within the central Salish Sea. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. [full article]

Grossman et al. 2024. Swinomish larval and juvenile Dungeness crab monitoring report for 2022. Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. [full report]

McElhany et al. 2022. Higher survival but smaller size of juvenile Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) in high CO2. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. [full article]

Grossman et al. 2023. Swinomish larval and juvenile Dungeness crab monitoring report for 2021. Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. [full report]

Grossman et al. 2022. Swinomish larval and juvenile Dungeness crab monitoring report for 2020. Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. [full report]

Grossman et al. 2022. Swinomish larval and juvenile Dungeness crab monitoring report for 2019. Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. [full report]

Grossman et al. 2021. Swinomish larval and juvenile Dungeness crab monitoring report for 2018. Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. [full report]

Fisher et al. 2021. Climate shock effects and mediation in fisheries. PNAS. [abstract]

Lee & O’Malley 2020. Fine-scale spatial and temporal genomic variation among Dungeness crab Cancer magister larval recruits in the California Current Ecosystem. Marine Ecology Progress Series. [abstract]

Lee & O’Malley 2020. Big Fishery, Big Data, and Little Crabs: Using Genomic Methods to Examine the Seasonal Recruitment Patterns of Early Life Stage Dungeness Crab (Cancer magister) in the California Current Ecosystem. Frontiers in Marine Science. [full article]

Bednarsek et al. 2020. Chemical Exposure Due to Anthropogenic Ocean Acidification Increases Risks for Estuarine Calcifiers in the Salish Sea: Biogeochemical Model Scenarios. Frontiers in Marine Science. [full article]

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