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Mobile Hungry Crabs
in Sicily
Photo: Emma Cyr
Emma Cyr

CASE 3. Mobile Hungry Crabs in Sicily
After hitching a ride on cargo ships, blue crabs are arriving on the Sicilian coast. Noted for their appetite, their presence mobilizes concerns about the damage they have caused to biodiversity elsewhere, but these newcomers could be a valuable bycatch for local fishers.
What do you do with a hungry species? As “tasty, voracious” blue crabs arrive in Sicily, we are offered one potential answer – eat them!
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