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re: Italians release 1000's of octopuses to fight US blue crab invasion

Posted on 8/24/26 at 7:59 pm to
Posted by UtahCajun
Member since Jul 2021
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Posted on 8/24/26 at 7:59 pm to
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Posted by UtahCajun
Member since Jul 2021
7344 posts
Posted on 8/24/26 at 8:01 pm to
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You would think they would just open harvesting up to Croatians

Can already get blue crab in Istria and Dalmatia
quote:

Croatins know how to handle shellfish just ask all of the ones in Plaquemines Parish.

Go to the annual Louisiana Croatian Fest and find out that they think they singlehandedly started fish oysters in Louisiana.
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
27559 posts
Posted on 8/24/26 at 9:06 pm to
They look delicious. Went to a place outside of Orlando that had nothing but a few butcher-block tables covered in newspaper, a dowl mallet and a bushel of steamed blue crabs dumped on the table. Damn, that was good.

Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
103915 posts
Posted on 8/24/26 at 9:26 pm to
The young clams were made guys, and the blue crab wasn’t. There was nothing we could do
Posted by Sunnyvale
Little ST. James
Member since Feb 2024
3824 posts
Posted on 8/24/26 at 9:50 pm to
If they knew what blue crab sold fore down here, theyd be harvensting them non stop for those folks north of I 10.
Posted by Bamafig
Member since Nov 2018
6872 posts
Posted on 8/24/26 at 10:53 pm to
I’m glad someone else is getting one of our “invasive’s”, it seems like it’s been pretty one sided.
I want kudzu and fire ants deported once we clear out the Somalimeximalan’s.
Posted by Dirt Booger
Comanche County
Member since Apr 2023
864 posts
Posted on 8/24/26 at 11:03 pm to
Not getting bushels of fat females if you’re overpopulated and they don’t have food
Posted by NPComb
Member since Jan 2019
28735 posts
Posted on 8/25/26 at 3:38 am to
Calamari and softshelled crabs sounds like a winning combination
This post was edited on 8/25/26 at 3:39 am
Posted by Kattail
Member since Aug 2020
4263 posts
Posted on 8/25/26 at 4:31 am to
What a waste
Posted by SpotCheckBilly
Member since May 2020
8732 posts
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:06 am to
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I wonder where you get 1000 octopuses?


I'd look in an octopus's garden, in the shade.
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
42784 posts
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:11 am to
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Everything I read says Italian restaurants are lazy with their seafood and don't want to peel crabs. They even fry shrimp with the shell still on.


Modern Italians lazy? No way
Posted by MBclass83
Member since Oct 2010
10397 posts
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:12 am to
Both are delicious!
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
42784 posts
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:12 am to
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Like eating a German Shepherd.

Used to love it.


Ok weirdo
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
42784 posts
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:14 am to
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Didn't we just have a thread about some country having too many crayfish? Now blue crab? These threads are pissing me off.


It was Spain. I’m starting to think the countries bordering the Mediterranean are filled with lazy frick heads
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
42784 posts
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:16 am to
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steamed blue crabs


An affront to God
Posted by VooDude
Member since Aug 2017
3620 posts
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:50 am to
But why not blue ring octopuses?
Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
10841 posts
Posted on 8/25/26 at 7:52 am to
They don't have turkey necks and string in Italy? Ship them some crab boil seasoning.
Posted by backbone
Colorado
Member since Jul 2026
171 posts
Posted on 8/25/26 at 8:16 am to
Why in the hell woukd you rather clams than crab. These people are idiots, holy shite.
Posted by HeadSlash
TEAM LIVE BADASS - St. GEORGE
Member since Aug 2006
56636 posts
Posted on 8/25/26 at 8:24 am to
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An American could set up a seafood processing shop over there and make serious profit. Freeze and ship back to the USA.



Tariffs baw


Lack of experienced crab pickers
Posted by Chucktown_Badger
The banks of the Ashley River
Member since May 2013
37608 posts
Posted on 8/25/26 at 8:26 am to
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quote:
But their numbers have ballooned in recent years, with the government and fishing groups linking the boom to warming waters and climate change.


Now I’m cheering for the crabs.


I laughed at the same thing...the article literally says:

1) They came over accidentally on ships
2) They don't have a natural predator so can multiply unchecked

But the conclusion is
- Climate change

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