Species Regional Summary
Homarus americanus
San Francisco Bay ( P090 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Oakland/CA/San Francisco Bay (1874, Rathbun 1890, cited by Carlton 1979, 4 females)

Geographic Extent

Oakland/CA/San Francisco Bay (1874, Rathbun 1890, cited by Carlton 1979, 4 females); San Francisco/CA/outside of the Golden Gate (1879, 21 lobsters, 1888 (no details) Rathbun 1890, cited by Carlton 1979)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Fisheries Intentional

Regional Impacts

References

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