Species Regional Summary
Homarus americanus
Puget Sound to Northern California ( NEP-IV )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

Trinidad (Humboldt County)/CA/Pacific Ocean (1888, Rathbun 1890, Smith 1896 cited by Carlton 1979)

Geographic Extent

Grays Harbor/WA/Hoquiam River, at mouth (1889, Smith 1895, cited by Carlton 1979); Peterson Point/WA/Gray's Harbor, at entrance (1889, Smith 1895, cited by Carlton 1979); WA/Willapa Bay (1889, Smith 1896, cited by Carlton 1979); Cape Disappointment/WA/Columbia River estuary-Pacific Ocean (1889, Rathbun 1890, Smith 1895, cited by Carlton 1979); Trinidad (Humboldt County)/CA/Pacific Ocean (1888, Rathbun 1890, Smith 1895, cited by Carlton 1979)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Fisheries Intentional

Regional Impacts

References

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