Family experiences one-in-a-billion find on fishing trip

A charter fishing trip off the coast of New Hampshire turned into an extraordinary discovery for the Major family. While aboard the Major family’s boat in Rye, they noticed a fishing pole and line in the water. When they reeled it in, they found a lobster tangled in the line. Cam Major said they put it in the net and realized it wasn’t just unusual—it was blue. Rachel Major added that after notching the tail, they saw the lobster had eggs, making it a pregnant blue lobster. UNH’s Dr. Sue Cooke said blue lobster odds are about one in two million, and that some statistics put the finding chance around one in a billion.