Stalin's last army: Hordes of giant crabs on their way to invade Europe -

The Telegraph - UK ^ | February 28, 2004 | Julius Strauss

[bmwcyle]

If you need more butter, we will send.

[TexGuy]

Just large undersea insects ... but Yummy!

[Riley]

"This animal has no natural predators and it's an alien species in the Barents Sea. That's why its numbers are exploding.

Chow down. Problem solved.

[Brilliant]

“In the meantime, it’s already become an important source of income for some fishermen in the north. The problem is that it may be destroying the fishing stock.”

Dare I say the obvious??? Harvest it. Drive it to extinction.

[exit82]

At first, I thought this was a new Communist STD.

Air freight them here—there’s a market for giant crab cakes!

[Bernard Marx]

In the 1990s, for reasons nobody quite understands, the population exploded.

Hmmmm...that was just a few years after the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl. Coincidence? [Cue for eerie SF movie music]

Solution? Eat the damned things, with gusto (and clarified butter)!

[cpdiii]

This is not anything a few Cajuns from South Louisiana could not solve. Boiled crab is the best, and look at the size of them!!!!!!!!

[Ronin]

Ship them to Japan!

Heck, I imagine after reading this there is going to be a swarm of Japanese seafood buyers on their way to Norway. Those things are expensive here! Restaurants pay big money for good specimens.

Way above my budget.

[Popman]

Aasmund Bjordal, of the Department of Marine Resources ....said: "We're between two policies. One is to get rid of the crabs. The other is to manage it as a fishing resource.

Only the government would be unable to resolve this issue.

[ovrtaxt]

Looks like it’s time to invest in Norwegian crap shippers!

I’ll take a few pounds myself, thank you.

[pepperdog]

“some Norwegian fishermen have been granted seasonal licences to catch the Kamchatka crab but stiff regulations on the size of the boat used and other criteria mean they are few in number.”

It appears the government is the source of the problem, how unusual.

[pandoraou812]

I don’t understand why they just don’t catch & eat them or sell them. I wouldn’t mind some of that crab right now.

[antinomian]

This article is self contradictory. One the one hand the crabs are multiplying by the millions and nothing can stop them. On the other hand the crab fishermen may be destroying the fishing stock suggesting the crab need to be protected.

[vladimir998]

Solution:

Eat them!

[DTogo]

Giant crab tastes much better than lobster!!

Catch 'em and let's eat!!

[CheyennePress]

>>>The animal’s legs are considered a delicacy and fetch top dollar in Japan and America. Even in Oslo, consumers pay around 200 Norwegian kronor (£15) a pound<<<

>>>some photographs of the ocean floor in Kirkenes in northern Norway show a writhing mass of the ugly, spiny animals. <<<

Okay, there is some serious disconnect here.

[dynachrome]

Crab People from Russia! We’re doomed!

[CheyennePress]

And there that disconnect is. At least in part. Seasonal licenses and boat regulations... As you say, typical.

Perhaps the boats are emitting too much greenhouse gases??? *rolls eyes*

[spokeshave]

Crush them up by the ton and make diesel fuel.