Molt Search Training: Seabeck
This event is hosted by WSG Molt Search program partner Great Peninsula Conservancy.
More details and to register (drop ins welcome): https://greatpeninsula.org/events/green-crab-molt-search-at-misery-point/
Join Great Peninsula Conservancy for a shoreline molt survey at Misery Point on the Kitsap Peninsula. As a small group, you’ll walk the intertidal zone searching for shed crab shells and collecting any molts found. As a large group, we will sort and report our findings in the MyCoast app for real research data.
Anyone can participate and learn how to successfully run your own independent molt search. Please note that terrain will likely be uneven and tasks may include bending and grabbing.
European green crab are an aggressive invasive species threatening Puget Sound’s native crabs, eelgrass, and shellfish. Early detection is one of our best tools and every molt volunteers find and report adds to a real dataset used by scientists and resource managers. Wrap up the morning by staying for a bring-your…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: corryn@greatpeninsula.org. Event Types: Information Sessions. Lectures/Seminars. Special Events. Workshops.
Friday, July 3, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
Misery Point, Seabeck.
For more info visit greatpeninsula.org. Molt Search training: Waldron Island
This training is hosted by WSG Molt Search program partner friends of the San Juans.
To register or for more details, contact jess@sanjuans.org.
Learn how to keep an eye out for invasive European green crabs and collect data on Dungeness crabs through Molt Search, a program run by Washington Sea Grant's Crab Team & WSU Extension in partnership with local organizations like Friends of the San Juans.
In this workshop you’ll learn how to:
• Identify common crabs of Washington by looking at their molts (their shed shells),
• Survey for invasive European Green crabs,
• Gather data on Dungeness crabs, and
• Submit your findings via the free MyCoast app.
This will be a free, hands-on training and practice of Molt Search protocols, crab ID, and green crab basics taking place on Waldron Island.
Please dress for the weather, wear good walking shoes, and bring a bag or other container to collect molts in.
Learn more at wsg.washington.edu/moltsearch.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: jess@sanjuans.org. Event Types: Workshops. Lectures/Seminars. Information Sessions.
Friday, July 10, 2026.