Dr. Sophie St-Hilaire, Canada Research Chair and associate professor at UPEI's Atlantic Veterinary College, is part of a group trying to determine whether green crabs could be used as fishmeal.

It's all about trying to control the population; green crabs are an aggressive and invasive species that have invaded Island bays and rivers - pushing out the native rock crabs and predating on valuable shellfish species like oysters.

St-Hilaire gave an update on the project during the annual Shellfish Association of P.E.I. meeting in Summerside this week.

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