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Electric-blue lobster caught off P.E.I.

A fisherman hauled an extremely rare blue lobster out of the waters off P.E.I.'s North Shore Wednesday.
A blue lobster landed in North Rustico Wednesday. (Submitted by Karen George)

A fisherman hauled an extremely rare blue lobster out of the waters off P.E.I.'s North Shore Wednesday.

Blair Doucette landed the lobster in North Rustico. Only about one in four million lobsters is blue. The colour is caused by a genetic mutation.

Wendy Doucette, Blair's wife, told CBC News in 30 years of fishing he has never seen a blue lobster. They are considering donating the lobster to a local aquarium.

The last blue lobster reported caught off P.E.I. was in 2009.