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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Gloria Dickie and Jihed Abidellaoui

UNBELIEVABLE: Mediterranean marine heatwaves threaten coastal livelihoods - Caught on Camera

Blue crabs are placed in a box at a seafood exporting company "L'ocean de peche", in Al Ataya Port, in Kerkennah Islands, off Sfax, Tunisia, October 23, 2022. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui

(This Nov. 13 story has been corrected to show sea is overall 1.2C warmer than 30 years ago, not 0.4C, in 18th paragraph)

KERKENNAH ISLANDS, Tunisia (Reuters) - A decade ago, Tunisian fisherman Ahmed Chelli's nets bulged with fish and octopus that he sold at the local market in the Kerkennah islands. Today, he pulls up only "ISIS" — the name locals have given to the blue crabs that have invaded their fishing grounds in the fast-warming waters of the Mediterranean.

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