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

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        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?

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          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.

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        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.

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

          It make fishing them quite dangerous unfortunately.

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

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        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

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

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          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.

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            You should take an holiday to some Mediterranean locations, top notch sea food!

            Apparently it is good but with a slight metallic taste and not meaty. Italians are very “detailed” when it comes to food. I haven’t tasted it yet unfortunately.

            Government just need to find some additional market to fund some of the the fishing, because it is afraid the internal market might not be sufficient

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              It’s possible they taste different since they have a different diet but I definitely would not describe ours that way. Very meaty and with no metallic taste that I’ve noticed.

              I’d love to visit the Mediterranean someday but probably not soon. Right now I’m trying to minimize the amount of oil I burn so until there’s another way it might not be feasible.

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                Might also be a different variety… They came in some container ship, but it is unclear from where. No idea tbf ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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                  Well the article says it’s the Atlantic blue crab which is the one I’m talking about. There is only one type under that name to my knowledge. If they do taste different it must be down to the different diet or environment. That or our palettes are somehow different.

                  What species of crabs do the locals normally eat?