Conservationists carry crabs across road in buckets for breeding season

Conservationists carry crabs across road in buckets for breeding season

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On Green Island, summer is breeding season for land crabs, which return to the sea in droves to lay their eggs. But it also happens to be high season for tourism, meaning there are lots of vehicles on the road that can end their trek back to the beach any time. To reduce the rate of crab fatalities, a group of conservationists and the East Coast National Scenic area have installed plastic guides and hold events to take the crabs across safely.

Land crab moms spill out of the bucket and into the forest. They are ready to get back to the sea to lay their eggs.

Helper
They sniff the air to see if the conditions are ripe to go back to sea and release their young.

Helper
We can protect the crabs and the ecosystem.

Helper
It’s very meaningful.

May to October is the breeding season for land crabs in Green Island, which must make their way across roads to make it to the sea. Those months so happen to be high season for tourism. That means there are scooters zipping around the island constantly, resulting in many crabs not making it across. Government and conservationists launched a campaign to help the crabs get across, and over the years, it has reduced road-kill rates by more than one third.

Lin Wei-ling
East Coast National Scenic Area
Over the past few years we’ve been putting PVC guides to help the crabs get across the road through culverts and make it to the beach safely. The experiments have yielded fantastic results, reducing the road-kill rate by more than one third. The figures have been published on an international journal.

The crab road crossing events are held in June and September, and they attract plenty of tourists to the island who hope to help crab mothers safely make it to the sea and raise future generations.

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防路殺! 綠島陸蟹進入繁殖季志工發起"護蟹行動"

2025-08-25

夏季是綠島旅遊旺季，也是陸蟹繁殖季節，母蟹會越過公路到沙灘釋放幼蟹，卻常遭遇路殺，當地業者與志工發起護蟹俠客行，定點埋設PVC引導設施讓蟹媽媽回大海，更號召遊客加入，大幅降低路殺率，世界首創獨步全球，該項研究更發表於國際期刊。

民眾野放陸蟹媽媽，小心呵護，要牠們先回森林，再找時間到大海產卵。

[[民眾]]
“牠要聞氣氛，適合才會回到海邊，到海裡去釋放幼蟹”

[[民眾]]
“這是在保護螃蟹，也是保護生態環境”

[[民眾]]
“我覺得很有意義”

每年5月到10月是綠島陸蟹繁殖的季節，陸蟹必須跨越馬路到海邊產卵，5-10月恰好也是綠島旅遊旺季，遊客騎機車穿梭在綠島的環島公路上，經常遭遇路殺，東管處與綠島的保育人士發起護蟹過馬路活動，經過幾年實驗減少三分之一以上路災。

[[東管處處長林維玲]]
“我們這幾年在石廊有涵洞的地方，利用PVC導引設施，讓陸蟹經過導引設施，經過涵洞安全過馬路到海邊，經過這幾年實驗，成效非常顯著，幾乎有效減少3分之1以上路殺情形，相關數據也登上國際期刊”

2025年東管處從6到9月都各辦一場護蟹過馬路活動，吸引不少遊客參加，期待陸蟹媽媽們都可以安全的到海邊產卵，孵育出更多的蟹寶寶。

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