Jefferson County

Brinnon, WA

09/21/2026 | 12:00 pm

Molt Search Report
by Hayne Bayless

User Submitted Data

Observation Type: Timed survey

Molts/crabs found: No

Also submitting Dungeness crab molt data: Yes

Number of Dungeness crab molts found: 3

Sex of Dungeness crab #1: Female

Carapace width of Dungeness crab #1: 55

Sex of Dungeness crab #2: Male

Carapace width of Dungeness crab #2: 28

Sex of Dungeness crab #3: Male

Carapace width of Dungeness crab #3: 25

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3 Comments. Leave new

  • Lisa Watkins, Washington Sea Grant
    October 6, 2026 4:31 pm

    Hi Hayne, Thanks for taking the time to do a Molt Search! I’m hoping you can clarify what you found in this search from 9/21. It says ‘no molts found’, but also that you 3 Dungeness crab molts. We’d love to get that cleaned up on the backend here to be able to use your report, so please let me know if you might remember what you saw out there. Thanks!

  • Hayne Bayless
    October 6, 2026 9:05 pm

    I think I must have misunderstood the question. I meant no green crab molts were found.

  • Lisa Watkins, Washington Sea Grant
    October 7, 2026 6:46 pm

    Hi Hayne! Thanks for clarifying! Glad to hear you didn’t find any green crabs out there. Do you happen to have a photograph of your collection? That final step of the protocol is actually the key piece of data that lets us include Molt Searches in the dataset. I know it’s been a while at this point, but if you do still happen to have it, you can send it over via email and we can get that added in: crabteam@uw.edu

    Thanks!

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