Invasive Crabs Have Taken Over New England. One Solution? Eat Them! - The New York Times (Free Article)
Invasive Crabs Have Taken Over New England. One Solution? Eat Them! - The New York Times (Free Article)
America’s Northeastern coast has been overrun by crabs from Europe and Asia. Luckily, they’re delicious.
Luckily, they are delicious and almost free.
European green crabs have started expanding into Puget Sound here in Washington in recent years. Part of the problem is that some people--such as myself--would happily catch and eat them, but as an invasive species, they're illegal to catch/possess. I imagine our huge Asian population would also happily eat them. The fish and wildlife department really ought to carve out an exception so that we can all help slow their spread. They have the potential to destroy our native dungeness crab population (the green crabs eat the baby dungeness crabs), which is a huge commercial and recreational fishery.
Wait.....you PROTECT the invasive species? Here in Cleveland we have an insect that everybody stomps in the summer.
The only invasive species we like in Cleveland is Tim Misney. We KNOW what he does!
Okay that headline is hilarious and your description is too.
That works until there is a market for them and suddenly you’ve got people trying to grow their populations.
Yeah, this is a seafood market though. If there's one thing humans know how to do it's Fish a species to existinction.
We are so good at it, especially if the species is really rare.
I’m reminded of the old movie “Soylent Green”. The crabs have the nutrients sought after in the story, but it also appears to have an intrinsic great flavor, unlike the story. Plus, “green” crabs. Coincidence?!?
Oceans aren't dead (yet)