Invasive Species Council of British Columbia

Webinar: Learning about European Green Crab in British Columbia

Date: March 30, 2022

Time: 12:30pm - 1:15pm PT

Join Marina Wright, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and she shares information about European Green Crab, their biology, how to identify them, how they arrived in BC, where they are currently found in the province, and their potential impacts to our marine environment. We will also celebrate the launch of a new e-course on European Green Crab that will be hosted by the Invasive Species Council of BC in collaboration with Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

This webinar is supported by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Meet the SpeakerS

Marina Wright
Aquatic Invasive Species Biologist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Marina Wright is an Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) in the AIS National Core Program responsible for coordinating AIS management actions, implementing the AIS Regulations and providing outreach and education to the public. Marina has been with DFO since 2015 and had several roles including as a regulatory (habitat) biologist and within DFO’s AIS Science Program. For the past two years, Marina has been focusing on European Green Crab, partnering with Indigenous Governments and community organizations to respond to new detections in the Salish Sea and to support management efforts on the West Coast of Vancouver Island and in Haida Gwaii.


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