Crab nabbed; circumstances fishy

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This Dungeness crab a West Coast species was caught by Captain Lou Williams of the Orin C two miles east of Thatcher Island Massachusetts on July 19. Its about 18 cm wide. Photo Brandy Wilbur MIT Sea Grant
This Dungeness crab, a West Coast species, was caught by Captain Lou Williams of the Orin C two miles east of Thatcher Island, Massachusetts, on July 19. It's about 18 cm wide. Photo / Brandy Wilbur, MIT Sea Grant

MIT researchers have confirmed the first sighting of a Dungeness crab in the Atlantic Ocean. The male, whose species is common on North America's West Coast, was caught off Thatcher Island, Massachusetts, on July 19 by Lou Williams, captain of the fishing vessel Orin C.


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