Love ‘Em and Loathe ‘Em: Mediterranean Grapples with Tasty, Voracious, Invasive Crabs. Two invasive blue crab species have recently settled in the Mediterranean.Both species are voracious predators that disrupt bottom habitats, shred fishers’ nets and ruin their catches. They’re also.
DJERBA, Tunisia, and SICILY, Italy On the deck of the Ghanem, which in Arabic means “winner,” sit eight boxes crawling with life. Blue legs and claws teem with each splash of sea water Najib Trabelsi pours over them. Most of the crabs show their spotty greenish-brown carapaces; the upside-down ones stand out in bright […]