 An important natural predator, the Giant Pacific Octopus ("Enteroctopus dofleini", formerly called "Octopus apollyon"), does not occur in European waters.A fisherman in Honningsvåg (a town near the North Cape) complained that the king crabs claw ruined fishing nets and deep-lines.Despite these concerns, the species is protected by diplomatic accords between Norway and Russia as part of a fisheries agreement between Norway and Russia about the Barents Sea, and a bilateral fishing commission decides how to manage the stocks and imposes fishing quotas.