One-in-two-million blue lobster landed by Aberdeen fisherman - BBC News
The Aberdeen man says he will offer it to an aquarium, or put it back into the sea if it is not wanted.
The blue lobster was caught off Aberdeen

A fisherman has told how he had to pinch himself after catching a rare blue lobster - the chances of which are said to be two-million-to-one.

Ricky Greenhowe, 47, has been fishing off Aberdeen since he was a teenager and it was his first such find.

He said he would offer the lobster to an aquarium or put it back in the sea.

Blue lobsters are so-coloured because of a genetic abnormality that causes them to produce more of a certain protein than others.

Mr Greenhowe found the striking-looking crustacean off Aberdeen on Thursday morning when creels were brought to the surface on his boat, Skua.

"I spotted it straight away and put him in a box on his own", he told BBC Scotland.

"I have never seen one before, and I have been fishing since I was 14."

Mr Greenhowe said a normal lobster of that size - about 1.5kg (3.3lbs) - would be worth perhaps £25.

"It's not about the money - it should continue its life", he said.

"I will phone Macduff Aquarium to see if they want it, if not I will put him back.

"It's so rare, it would be a shame to put it in a pot."

Two fishermen in Dorset hit the ultimate lobster-probability jackpot in 2011 when they caught an albino, or "crystal", lobster - the odds of which are estimated to be one in 100 million.