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Octo-Blu Releases 150,000 Octopus Larvae to Curb Blue Crabs

8/28/2026

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Octo-Blu released 150,000 baby octopuses off Cesenatico and Riccione on 24 August to fight invasive blue crabs.
Researchers say adult octopuses can eat up to four blue crabs each day.
Blue-crab invasion has cost Italian fisheries €200 million and reduced clam output by 70 %.
Scientists dispute the strategy’s effectiveness because only about 1 % of the released larvae are expected to mature.

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Octo-Blu released 150,000 baby octopuses off Cesenatico and Riccione on 24 August to fight invasive blue crabs.
Researchers say adult octopuses can eat up to four blue crabs each day.
Blue-crab invasion has cost Italian fisheries €200 million and reduced clam output by 70 %.
Scientists dispute the strategy’s effectiveness because only about 1 % of the released larvae are expected to mature.