Pacific County
Long Beach, WA
Molt Search Report
User Submitted Data
Observation Type: Timed survey
Molts/crabs found: Yes
Also submitting Dungeness crab molt data: Yes
Number of Dungeness crab molts found: 56
Sex of Dungeness crab #1: Female
Carapace width of Dungeness crab #1: 171
Sex of Dungeness crab #2: Male
Carapace width of Dungeness crab #2: 155
Sex of Dungeness crab #3: No abdomen present
Carapace width of Dungeness crab #3: 140
Sex of Dungeness crab #4: No abdomen present
Carapace width of Dungeness crab #4: 123
Sex of Dungeness crab #5: No abdomen present
Carapace width of Dungeness crab #5: 146
Sex of Dungeness crab #6: No abdomen present
Carapace width of Dungeness crab #6: 101
Sex of Dungeness crab #7: No abdomen present
Carapace width of Dungeness crab #7: 114
Sex of Dungeness crab #8: No abdomen present
Carapace width of Dungeness crab #8: 162
Long Beach WA Most of these old, sun dried, brittle, only one 5” shell with a rostral mound of barnacles. The rest few to none. These found in only 100’of walk during the 20’ time Yesterday was at Willapa National Wildlife refuge snd easily counted 300 dungenous crab molts from 3” to 5.5”, but did not do a timed walk.
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Hi Renee, So nice to see you back on the shore (and in our dataset!) Thanks for taking the time to do a Search while you were out on the coast! What a huge haul of Dungeness! Thanks for such interesting details on what you were noticing out there. Seems like a good time for growth for those guys. -Lisa