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‘It devours everything’: the crab that hitched a ride to Spain

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Guardian (International Edition)

Publication Date
2019-03-26

Voracious and almost without predators, the blue crab was first sighted in the Ebro Delta on Spain’s Mediterranean coast in 2012, and since then the population has expanded exponentially, wiping out native species and forcing the fishing industry to adapt and find new markets.

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/26/blue-crab-spain-ebro-delta