If you can't beat them, eat them: Italians cope with invasion of blue crabs this summer

A fisherman holds a blue crab in the Orbetello lagoon, Italy, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. Every morning, Tuscan fishermen in the Orbetello Lagoon retrieve nets left in the water to catch sea bream, sea bass and especially eels, but increasingly they are finding thousands of voracious blue crabs, an alien species that has invaded seas all over Italy, causing considerable damage to the marine ecosystem and fishing. (AP Photo/Luigi Navarra)