CHINESE MITTEN CRAB

Chinese Mitten Crab: California Department of Fish and Game, Central Valley Bay, Delta Branch
   
http://www.delta.dfg.ca.gov/mittencrab/
This websites include useful information about life history, identification, pictures, regulations, and report a sighting.

Invasion of the Chinese Mitten Crabs, Department of Water Resources News         
    http://wwwdwr.water.ca.gov/DWRNews/spring99/crabs.html

This page primary describe about impacts of the mitten crabs, such as Salvage Obstacle, Levee and Ecological Concerns, Economic Impacts, and other impacts.

Chinese mitten crab: Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL) Museum
    http://lionfish.ims.usm.edu/~musweb/nis/Eriocheir_sinensis.html
This page introduces about crab's identification, biology, distribution, status, and references.

Chinese mitten crab: The Natural History Museum
    http://www.nhm.ac.uk/zoology/crab/
This site gives a description of their research project, crab's classification, life history, distribution, and environmental problems.

Eriocheir sinensis (Chinese mitten crab): Global Invasive Species Database
   
http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?si=38&fr=1&sts=
    http://www.issg.org/database/species/list.asp

This site allows for searching of the ecology, distribution, habitats of all invasive species.  Also gives references, contacts, and other links for more information.

Volunteer Opportunities - Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife   
   
http://www.wa.gov/wdfw/volunter/zebramitten.htm
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is seeking volunteers to assist in sampling and monitoring programs for zebra mussels and/or the Chinese mitten crab.

Chinese mitten crabs (Eriocheir sinensis) -a threat to Washington State waters?                                   
    http://www.seerecht.org/wegelein/course/group/crab1.htm 
This site provides a management model of problems, goals, and actions and regulations relevant to the possible spread of Chinese Mitten Crabs to the state of Washington.

Chinese Mitten Crab: Ministry of Fisheries, New Zealand
    http://www.fish.govt.nz/sustainability/ballast/pests/mitten.htm
This site contain a brief explanation about the crab's overview, description, and key features


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