As goeth lionfish and asian carp (ahem - copi), so goeth green crab

 

More news about invasive species, this time in the Gulf of Maine;  from National Geographic:

Invasive green crabs: If you can't beat them, eat them.

This is about the green crabs:

"They [the green crabs] are in good company. The Gulf of Maine is heating up faster than 99 percent of the world’s oceans, a consequence of the warming Labrador Current, which has historically filled the gulf with frigid Arctic water, and the northward shift of the Gulf Stream, which brings with it warmer air currents and water. These two factors have presented Maine fisheries with plenty of obstacles, a primary one being an increase in invasive species. According to one report, at least 64 invasions have been documented in the Gulf, with more anticipated and possibly many others unaccounted for."

Now, the solution proposed for the invasive green crabs is to do what is being done with invasive lionfish in the Caribbean and asian carp (now renamed copi) in the Mississippi River tributaries in Illinois -- eat them.   

If they taste like crab -- go for it.   (And here's some tasty ways to do that.)