{"id":117044,"date":"2025-05-20T12:25:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T12:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/117044\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T12:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T12:25:12","slug":"british-seas-being-invaded-by-huge-european-octopuses-whove-swum-from-mediterranean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/117044\/","title":{"rendered":"British seas being invaded by huge European octopuses who’ve swum from Mediterranean"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRITISH seas have been invaded by huge European octopuses devouring our crabs and lobsters.<\/p>\n

The creatures have swum from the Mediterranean to the coast of Devon<\/a> and Cornwall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They break into crab and lobster pots \u201ctotally destroying\u201d the seafood.<\/p>\n

Fishermen have urged authorities to relax a bylaw stopping them selling 5kg octopus they find in their pots for \u00a37 per kilo to eager Spain<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One, Brian Tapper from Plymouth<\/a>, said: \u201cThis time of year we\u2019d normally see 60 to 100kg of lobster a day and 500-800kg of crab.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast week we had 8kg of lobster and 50kg of crab.<\/p>\n

“Suspending the law<\/a> means we could ride out this Biblical invasion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Devon<\/a> & Severn Fisheries Authority ruled boats can exclusively target octopus.<\/p>\n

But they cannot keep any found trapped in crab or lobster pots.<\/p>\n

Watch as male model is dragged underwater by OCTOPUS – as beast crawls over his body & snares him in its tentacles\"Common<\/a><\/p>\n

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