(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 6 - Fully 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.
(ANSA).
Third of Med fish 'aliens' by 2050
Climate change hitting consumption and fishing says Fedagripesca