Portland Press: Our View: Public-private partnership critical to kicking green crab out of Maine

Given how high the stakes are for the state’s marine habitat and its third-largest commercial fishery, Maine has to focus on removing green crabs from coastal waters as quickly as possible. As state marine ecology researcher Brian Beal told the Press Herald in February: “How do you get rid of an invasive species? You fish ‘em to death. We did an awful good job of reducing the population of sea urchins without even trying.” Read more here 10:17

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