Aggressive green crabs have caused some problems with local species. The Green crab (Carcinus maenas) is known by different names around the world. Solutions to invasive, green crabs off the coast of Maine? 1. In the British Isles, it is generally referred to simply as the Shore crab. Published on . Crab, Green (n.). In Australia and New Zealand, it is referred to as either the … SeafoodSource staff . Invasive green crabs that have caused major problems for native species like eelgrass at Nova Scotia's Kejimkujik National Park Seaside could be the latest solution to reducing plastic pollution in the ocean. Industry and environmental leaders in the region aren’t going to let that happen without a fight, which was why the second ever “Green Crab Working Summit” took place on 6 and 7 June in Portland, Maine. "When a lobster spawns … the green crab is there to eat it," said Clarence Marsh. All efforts to make the invader a marketable product have failed, but a Canadian man now wants to change that in Maine. The summit brought together ecologists, local fishermen, and chefs to share ideas and concepts for how to address the problem in a proactive way. A Canadian businessman says he has a solution to the population explosion of green crabs, which are ravaging Maine’s valuable shellfish industry: Put the crabs on menus around the world. ;Species in the genus Callinectes, family Portunidae, order DECAPODA, found in the Chesapeake Bay. He said he’ll boil some crabs and offer samples of the meat — which he said has a sweet taste — at the news conference. Green Crab Summit seeks creative uses and solutions for invasive pest Travel outside the Mediterranean and the crab … In North America and South Africa, it bears the name Green crab or European green crab. A Canadian businessman said he has the solution to Maine’s green crab problem: Eat them. February 6, 2014. Howse has scheduled a news conference for 2 p.m. Thursday at Brunswick Town Hall to lay out his plan to process green crabs in Maine and market the meat and live crabs to customers in Japan, Korea, China, Spain and Portugal. Acclimated to cold water. "I think the green crab got a big effect on the lobsters, and that's why there's none here in this bay now." 1. By . In the British Isles, it is generally referred to as the shore crab, or green shore crab.In North America and South Africa, it bears the name green crab or European green crab.In Australia and New Zealand, it is referred to as either the European green crab or European shore crab. Monitoring traps went from an average of 343 crabs a day in 1956 to 7.5 a day in 1960. An infraorder of chiefly marine, largely carnivorous CRUSTACEA, in the order DECAPODA, including the genera Cancer, Uca, and Callinectes. The green crab problem has gradually worsened in northern waters.