About the Project

This project helped Alaska partners prepare for a coordinated effort to expand community monitoring of the European green crab. Kachemak Bay NERR collaborated with Washington’s Padilla Bay NERR and Sea Grant Crab Team to learn from their well established community monitoring programs. Together, the team developed adaptable training protocols and monitoring kits. The team also hosted two workshops–a knowledge exchange workshop and a “train the trainer” workshop–that brought together numerous state, federal, nonprofit, and Tribal partners. The workshops provided attendees with opportunities to practice consistent monitoring methods and techniques, standardize data collection and sharing, build skills for engagement techniques, and maintain and build new partnerships.

About this Resource

This report offers a synthesis of the activities and outcomes of knowledge exchange and trainer workshops held in 2024 at Padilla Bay and Kachemak Bay NERR. The two day workshops prepared participants to set up monitoring programs for the early detection of European Green Crab in their communities, and was the first of its kind in Alaska. Participants interacted with a diverse group of new and experienced practitioners and built relationships, creating a collaborative early detection network across the widely dispersed communities.