Damn, these crabs decimated the local clan population. Killing off 90% of the population in a few years is crazy.
Yeah it sucks. But they are so tasty. Italians just gotta learn how to take advantage of them.
I’m not so much concerned about how the Italians feel about this, but more so the implications of yet another human caused extinction. What will be the knock-on effects of the decline of this species?
Sure but I’m saying harnessing then as a fishery is the best way to control or reverse this problem.
Unfortunately, a 90% decline is not that unusual compared to many other ecosystems. While the effects in aggregate will be huge, the effects of one species will not be that notable relative to the rest of our environmental catastrophe.
The invasive lion fish off the American east coast is fucking delicious. By far one of the tastiest fish.
They stay deep enough it’s hard to get them in large enough numbers, but it’s easy to believe eating away the problem would work if that gets solved.
Crab harvesting is a solved problem, so you’re probably onto something in this case.
Just give Koreans work permits and an infinite quota, with a $100 fine per native crab not released. Problem will be solved or at least kept under control real quick…
They’re delicious but they also have venomous spines all over them that are extremely painful.
It make fishing them quite dangerous unfortunately.
Cleaning and cooking is more difficult as well. Worth the effort though. You could honestly serve lionfish the same way a steakhouse does steak.
