{"id":21743,"date":"2025-04-29T14:29:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/invasive-chinese-mitten-crab-capable-of-climbing-over-13-foot-high-structures-spotted-in-pacific-northwest\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T14:29:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:29:29","slug":"invasive-chinese-mitten-crab-capable-of-climbing-over-13-foot-high-structures-spotted-in-pacific-northwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/invasive-chinese-mitten-crab-capable-of-climbing-over-13-foot-high-structures-spotted-in-pacific-northwest\/","title":{"rendered":"Invasive Chinese mitten crab \u2014 capable of climbing over 13-foot-high structures \u2014 spotted in Pacific Northwest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A highly invasive species of crab \u2014 capable of climbing over 13-foot-high concrete structures \u2014 has been spotted in the Pacific Northwest for the first time, wildlife officials said.<\/p>\n<p>A commercial fisherman caught what officials identified as a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/invasive-mitten-crabs-found-new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Chinese mitten crab<\/a><\/span> last week in the Lower Columbia River, just south of the Washington state border, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, which released a photo of the crab.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chinese mitten crabs have not been confirmed in the Pacific Northwest until now,&#8221; the department said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dfw.state.or.us\/news\/2025\/04_Apr\/042425c.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">news release<\/a>\u00a0Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/29\/b6d377b5-49a9-4e91-ab09-c4c7c3a7da97\/thumbnail\/620x443\/4010a678bc1f8d93b791b93de6baf576\/mitten-crab-042325-mitten-crab.jpg?v=8e9dede207b29c97b32974c53e32aabc#\" alt=\"mitten-crab-042325-mitten-crab.jpg \" height=\"443\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/29\/b6d377b5-49a9-4e91-ab09-c4c7c3a7da97\/thumbnail\/620x443\/4010a678bc1f8d93b791b93de6baf576\/mitten-crab-042325-mitten-crab.jpg?v=8e9dede207b29c97b32974c53e32aabc 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/29\/b6d377b5-49a9-4e91-ab09-c4c7c3a7da97\/thumbnail\/1240x886\/9fe362e23a41f0369763bdb9c01525eb\/mitten-crab-042325-mitten-crab.jpg?v=8e9dede207b29c97b32974c53e32aabc 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A commercial fisherman caught a Chinese mitten crab in the Lower Columbia River, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Officials warned that the species wreaked havoc on the San Francisco Bay three decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While this is a rare event in Oregon, mitten crabs caused significant infrastructure and ecological damage in and around San Francisco Bay when the population was at its height in the late 1990s,&#8221; the department said. <\/p>\n<p>Officials said the crab was a large male that could have been introduced illegally into the river by a person or by ballast water from a ship.<\/p>\n<h2>What are Chinese mitten crabs?<\/h2>\n<p>Chinese mitten crabs are an invasive species that are originally from East Asia. The Smithsonian says that the crabs\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/serc.si.edu\/research\/projects\/invading-mitten-crabs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">first established an invasive population<\/a>\u00a0in the San Francisco Bay in the &#8217;80s \u2014 but they spread to the East Coast and have <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/invasive-mitten-crabs-found-new-york\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">recently been spotted<\/a><\/span> in New York.<\/p>\n<p>The crabs, which are named for hairy, mitten-like claws, vary in color from brownish-orange to greenish-brown. Unlike any native crab species, they have four spines on each side as well as a notch between their eyes.<\/p>\n<p>The crabs are capable of climbing over concrete structures at least 13 feet tall, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/mp\/TFFIP\/docs\/tracy-reports\/tracy-rpt-vol-21-potential-distrib-chinese-mitten-crabs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. Bureau of Reclamation<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mitten crabs can also pass through lock systems and possibly climb fish ladders, or leave the water and walk around barriers where the terrain is suitable,&#8221; the bureau says.<\/p>\n<p>The creatures have been known to steal fishing bait and damage fishing gear, block power plant cooling systems and even amplify flooding risk by burrowing in banks, causing them to become unstable and erode.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chinese mitten crabs spend most of their lives in freshwater, but adults can only reproduce in saltwater, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Newly hatched larvae are in open saltwater in bays and estuaries and fully molted juveniles are found in brackish and freshwater areas within a few miles upstream of saltwater,&#8221; the department says.<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s next<\/h2>\n<p>Oregon wildlife biologists are working with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and NOAA to determine if other mitten crabs are in the area. Officials said they will set up trap lines and collect water and samples &#8220;to look for environmental genetic markers specific to the mitten crab.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, officials are urging the public to keep an eye out for the furry creatures and report any sighting to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife or <a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foregoninvasiveshotline.org%2Freports%2Fcreate&amp;data=05%7C02%7CODFW.Web%40odfw.oregon.gov%7C48b97a62c6864e60a3a308dd8380ecef%7Caa3f6932fa7c47b4a0cea598cad161cf%7C0%7C0%7C638811311959501134%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=LwWSL%2FOFv25RgYkFcwuz2bVMf81BvZqbYHegYHPaq6w%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Oregon Invasive Species Council<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is important to correctly identify this species and report it to your local ODFW office with the location found,&#8221; the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n      <em><\/p>\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/li-cohen\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Li  Cohen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.<br \/>\n      <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/stephen-smith\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Stephen  Smith<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Stephen Smith is a managing editor for CBSNews.com based in New York. 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