The blue crab in Tunisia: From invasive threat to godsend
This crustacean, nicknamed Daesh, due to its predatory nature, left hundreds of small fishermen without a livelihood, but now generates thousands of jobs and boosts exports
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This crustacean, nicknamed Daesh, due to its predatory nature, left hundreds of small fishermen without a livelihood, but now generates thousands of jobs and boosts exports
In just a few years, Tunisia has transformed an inexistent crab industry, in a country with no tradition of crab...
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