Rare blue lobster discovered by Edison restaurant owner

EDISON, New Jersey (WABC) -- A restaurant owner in New Jersey discovered a rare blue lobster in his latest seafood shipment.

The owner of Loucas in Edison, couldn't bring himself to kill and serve the eight pound, blue female lobster from Cape Cod.

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Instead, he's donating it to Jenkinson's Aquarium in Point Pleasant Beach.
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Maine's lobster institute estimates about 100 rare colored lobsters pop up each year in fisheries nationwide.

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