DUBLIN - It is the catch of a lifetime for Irish fisherman Stuart Brown when a rare blue lobster landed in his trap. The chance of netting one is a one in two million. Most lobsters are dark brown, but they can also come in other shades such as orange, red and...
“It’s still out in the lough somewhere, swimming about as happy as can be. Hopefully if someone else does catch it, they’ll return it as well,” he said.
Mr Brown, who started fishing since 11 years old, is a shareholder in a County Down seafood wholesale business. “You would get lobsters out there that don’t look normal, they’d be a bit browner or redder... but nothing that extreme,” he said.The BBC said blue lobsters are believed to be so rare that some marine biologists estimated the chance of catching one is about one in two million.
Scientists said the unusual colour is due to abnormal genetics, which cause some lobsters to produce more of a certain protein than others. “I’ve never seen one. Other fishermen I’ve spoken to, who are a lot older than me, they said the same, that they haven’t seen any ever,” said Mr Brown.A rare blue lobster caught today onboard Huntress. Very white underside and a pale blue shell. (Before anyone asked,...
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