This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Saturday, 2 July 2022
Octopus Pasties?
Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) numbers are booming in the seas around the Cornish coast (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/01/population-explosion-octopus-boom-prompts-joy-and-concern-cornwall). This increase (the first since 1948), has prompted joy in conservation circles. Lobster and crab fishermen are, however, much less enthusiastic. These intelligent, eight-armed molluscs take the bait from lobster pots. They even congregate to eat the catch within these devices. The fisher folk also have a struggle with the octopus, when pulling up their catch. The octopus also is not regarded as much of a delicacy in the UK, selling for much less than a tasty crustacean. Perhaps the best way of dealing with these creatures is to find a way of ncorporating them in that Cornish delicacy, the pastie?
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