Rare blue lobster catch in Belfast Lough ‘two million to one shot’, says skipper

Handout photo dated 03/02/23 issued by fisherman Stuart Brown, of a rare a blue lobster he found in one of his lobster pots as he pulled them up onto the deck of his boat the Huntress last Friday. Mr Brown, 28, from Bangor, Co Down, skipper of the Huntress fishing boat for Seafresh, at Bangor Marina, Northern Ireland, said he could not believe his eyes. Issue date: Tuesday February 7, 2023.

A fisherman has described landing a rare blue lobster in Belfast Lough as the catch of a lifetime.

Some marine biologists have estimated the odds of catching a blue lobster at around two million to one.