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Greece Pays Fishermen Bounty for Toxic Toadfish After Beach Sting

6/28/2026

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Greece began paying fishermen €5.33 per kilogram for each silver-cheeked toadfish caught under a bounty program launched Friday.
The Greek Red Cross warned the fish’s skin and organs contain a neurotoxin that can cause heart failure.
A woman bitten by the toadfish while swimming at Varkiza beach near Athens needed stitches.
Medical and tourism groups on Crete said the species poses no immediate danger to bathers, calling alarm exaggerated.

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Greece began paying fishermen €5.33 per kilogram for each silver-cheeked toadfish caught under a bounty program launched Friday.
The Greek Red Cross warned the fish’s skin and organs contain a neurotoxin that can cause heart failure.
A woman bitten by the toadfish while swimming at Varkiza beach near Athens needed stitches.
Medical and tourism groups on Crete said the species poses no immediate danger to bathers, calling alarm exaggerated.