An Italian crustacean infestation is fanning culinary excitement in Korea, with a local seafood importer reaching out to Italy for possible imports. Italy's northern Adriatic coast has been dealing with an invasive crab species called the Atlantic blue crab in recent years, with the species wreaking havoc on the country’s ecosystem and causing millions of dollars worth of damage. First introduced through t...
  • Letstakealook@lemm.ee
    31·
    1 year ago

    Damn, these crabs decimated the local clan population. Killing off 90% of the population in a few years is crazy.

      • Letstakealook@lemm.ee
        23·
        1 year ago

        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?

        • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
          81·
          1 year ago

          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.

      • Vode An@lemmy.ml
        131·
        1 year ago

        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.

        • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
          4·
          1 year ago

          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…

        • BastingChemina@slrpnk.net
          1·
          1 year ago

          They’re delicious but they also have venomous spines all over them that are extremely painful.

          It make fishing them quite dangerous unfortunately.

          • Vode An@lemmy.ml
            11·
            1 year ago

            Cleaning and cooking is more difficult as well. Worth the effort though. You could honestly serve lionfish the same way a steakhouse does steak.

      • Zeth0s@lemmy.world
        7·
        1 year ago

        I haven’t tasted them yet but, apparently, compared to the Mediterranean crabs they are kind of “meehhhh”. That’s why they are trying to export them in Korea, in Italy customers prefer the Mediterranean ones because more tasty and meaty.

        They hope that Korea export could pay part of the large scale fishing needed to control these crabs

        • telllos@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 year ago

          I mean, you need to know how to cook them. Korean ferment them in Soy sauce. It’s crazy delicious.

        • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
          1·
          1 year ago

          I’ve never had Mediterranean crabs but this is a bit surprising if true. Of the various North American crab species, this one has the best flavor I think.