BBC News quotes Bayer in report on blue lobsters
Bob Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, spoke with BBC News for the magazine article, “How rare are bright blue lobsters?” Two fishermen off the coast of Nova Scotia made the news for catching two vivid blue lobsters over the last few days, according to the article. The probability of a blue lobster is widely touted as being one in two million, the report states, with the UMaine Lobster Institute among those to have quoted these odds in the past. Bayer said the numbers are more of a guess because it is impossible to calculate the exact odds. “Whatever the odds of catching different-colored lobsters, there’s no denying that bright blue ones are truly beautiful creatures,” he said. “They might not be the most unusual, but they are undoubtedly the best to look at.” The Lobster Institute odds also were cited by WPTZ (Channel 5 in Burlington, Vermont), WFXT (FOX 25 in Boston) and The Telegraph.