By 2050 a third of Mediterranean sea creatures will be alien

A third of Mediterranean fish, mollusc and crustacean species will be aliens by 2020, a report said Saturday amid an invasion of clam-killing blue crabs, the piranha like fireworm, lethal needle-sprouting scorpion fish and the puffer fish, extremely dangerous even when cooked.

Already, today, around 1,000 of the Med’s 17,000 marine species are aliens, or 5.88%, said the report by Confcooperative-Fedagripesca.

“It is the effect of climate change and the tropicalization of seas, impacting consumption and fishing too,” said the report.

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