Rare ‘catch of a lifetime’ with electric blue color lands in UK fisherman’s trap
An Irish fisherman was shocked when he pulled up his lobster traps to reveal a rare sight among the dark red animals. One was different.
The lobster was a vibrant blue, from its claws to its tail.
Stuart Brown, a 28-year-old fisherman with seafood wholesaler Seafresh, caught the cobalt-colored crustacean in Belfast Lough, an inlet outside of Belfast.
In a post from Seafresh, the lobster was described as having a “very white underside and a pale blue shell.”
“Before anyone asked, they turn orange when cooked,” the post added.
Brown told Belfast Live he went to Google to find out how rare the lobster actually was and found that it was a 2 million-to-one chance that a blue lobster would be caught.
He said the boat, the Huntress, was in about 60 feet of water when the lobster was hauled aboard, but the lobster was below the legal size to keep, according to BBC.
After taking a few pictures to show people back at home, Brown threw it back in the water.
“I’ve never seen one – other fishermen I’ve spoken to who are a lot older than me, they said the same, that they haven’t seen any ever, so it’s a surprise to everybody it’s came in on the east coast,” he told the Belfast Telegraph.
He said it was the “catch of a lifetime,” according to Belfast Live, and that it “adds to the list of weird and wonderful things” that he has seen in his time in Belfast Lough.
