Welcome to the European Green Crab Site Selection Tool

The European green crab (EGC) is a small coastal crab that has had major negative impacts on the marine environment. It is an invasive species that has been spreading over the last couple decades and is considered one of the 10 most unwanted species in the world.

EGC has been spreading along the west coast of North America for the last 30 years, and has been detected in BC on the west coast of Vancouver Island and parts of the Central Coast since 2006. EGC was detected in the Strait of Georgia for the first time in 2019.

Use this map to aid in identifying places EGC has been detected, or which have ecosystem characteristics suitable as potential habitat, or which could serve as priority sites to visit if managing EGC.

Disclaimer: No one method has been identified to determine suitable habitat for EGC. Any usage of this tool for the determination of sites should be reinforced with ground-truthing to ensure this tools validity.