Fisherman catches rare '1 in 2mn' blue lobster

CORNWALL: A fisherman managed to catch an ultra-rare “1 in 2 million” blue lobster off the coast of Cornwall, England.

According to the details, Tom Lambourn, 25, was fishing off the coast of Penzance when he caught the incredibly rare crustacean in his lobster pot.

He took some pictures of the ultra-rare blue lobster and threw it back into the sea as it was “too small to bring into land”.

“With every pot, you never know what is going to be inside, and I’ve certainly never seen one that colour before. This is only my second fishing season so I think I’ve been very lucky. I measured it and it was undersized so there was never any thought of keeping it. If it had been bigger, I would have taken it to the National Hatchery,” Lambourn was quoted as saying by LADbible.

He said, “I sent them some photos of the lobster and they told me it is one-in-two-million so that is quite special.”

The staff at the National Lobster Hatchery in Padstow on Cornwall were also surprised when they looked at the brilliant blue hue of the lobster.

A hatchery spokesperson said, “It is a pretty rare colour morph to come across, about one in two million chance, so we were amazed when Tom sent us the photo of it. The lobster was too small to bring in to land so was popped back in the sea so it can keep growing. Who knew that a crustacean could be so vibrant?”

Ben Marshall, the supervisor at the National Lobster Hatchery, added, “It is very, very rare and very interesting to see a blue lobster. The skipper threw it back as it was under the length you are allowed to catch lobsters in Cornwall (12 inches).”