James Beard Chef Says Maine Should Start Eating its Invasive Green Crab Problem
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Bangor Daily News] by Bill Trotter - May 23, 2017
European green crabs have scurried around coastal waters off Maine since they first hitchhiked here on ships in the 1800s, but only in the past few years have the invasive crustaceans begun to devour the softshell clam industry and decimate delicate eelgrass habitat.
And as harvesters and scientists have scurried to find a solution to the invasion, a number of uses for the crabs have been floated — extracting the meat in China, composting, and even processing the creatures into cat food...
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