British seas being invaded by huge European octopuses devouring our crabs and lobsters
OCTOPUS INVASION British seas being invaded by huge European octopuses devouring our crabs and lobsters
BRITISH seas have been invaded by huge European octopuses devouring our crabs and lobsters.
The creatures have swum from the Mediterranean to the coast of Devon and Cornwall.
They break into crab and lobster pots 'totally destroying' the seafood.
Fishermen have urged authorities to relax a bylaw stopping them selling 5kg octopus they find in their pots for £7 per kilo to eager Spain.
One, Brian Tapper from Plymouth, said: 'This time of year we'd normally see 60 to 100kg of lobster a day and 500-800kg of crab.
'Last week we had 8kg of lobster and 50kg of crab.
"Suspending the law means we could ride out this Biblical invasion.'
The Devon & Severn Fisheries Authority ruled boats can exclusively target octopus.
But they cannot keep any found trapped in crab or lobster pots.
Watch as male model is dragged underwater by OCTOPUS - as beast crawls over his body & snares him in its tentacles
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