Invasive crab ID: Asian shore crab on left, green crab on right.
By Paula Marcoux.
Invasive green and Asian shore crabs are infesting our shorelines, eating up our favorite seafoods before we can. In our summer issue, Paula Marcoux investigates, with delicious results. Read all about it, as featured on the Edible Communities website, here. Recipes for crispy spicy Asian shore crabs and savory green crab stock are here.
Hunting the Asian shore crab on the rocky shore.
Thanh Thái and Mary Parks of the Green Crab R & D Project.:Photo by Roger Warner, founder and coordinator.
Behold: the scrappy modern green crab.
Green crab photo by Thanh Thái
Pile of invasive Asian shore crabs
Paula Marcoux turns over rocks and eats what she finds underneath in Plymouth, Massachusetts. She is the author of Cooking With Fire.
