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Omelet > wrote:

> (Steve Pope) wrote:


>> In the Barents Sea, king crab
>> was introduced in the 1960s. The crab has spread quickly and
>> has become an invasive species that is seriously impacting the
>> ecosystem. We recommend consumers "Avoid" imported king crab
>> and choose king crab from the U.S.


>This statement, to me, is a good reason to eat it. I ran across an
>article on this once where there were getting to be too many King Crab
>in some areas.


I would think the logic is that buy buying introduced/invasive seafood,
you are enabling the practice of introducing invasive species.

There may be some short-term benefit in fishing out invasive species
(if that is even possible), but not if in so doing you are
rewarding bad behavior by commercial fisherman.

Steve