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General information |
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| Buglife | article about crayfish in the UK |
| Buglife | species management factsheet for the native white-clawed crayfish – not for trapping! |
| Buglife | factsheet on creating ‘ark’ sites to protect the white-clawed crayfish |
| Crayaway | information on chinese imports of crayfish |
| Crayfish World | lots of photos |
| Eden Rivers Trust | factsheet on the differences between signal and white-clawed crayfish |
| Environment Agency | factsheet for stopping the spread of ‘alien crayfish and the crayfish plague’ |
| GB Non-native Species Secretariat | factsheet on distinguishing signal and UK native crayfish |
| Inland Waterways | information on signal crayfish |
| Natural England | species advice sheet: white-clawed crayfish |
| Scottish Natural Heritage | action on the North American signal crayfish |
| Wikipedia | entry for crayfish |
| Wikipedia | entry for signal crayfish |
Trapping crayfish |
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| Advice on how to trap crayfish, plus the debate about whether it’s a good idea. The American signal crayfish was introduced into the UK and has depleted the population of native crayfish because of a fungus it carries. Does trapping them help to keep their numbers down, or does it create a market that means people will breed/introduce them to waters so that their numbers increase? | |
| Environment Agency | advice on trapping crayfish |
| Foraged Foods | how to trap signal crayfish |
| George Monbiot | pictoral guide to catching signal crayfish with an unusual type of trap |
| The Guardian | article – why we should eat more crayfish |
| HunterGatherCook | article on catching crayfish with a little line |
| National Institute of crayfish trappers (NICT) | including concerns, illegal traps and code of conduct |
| ShootingUK | crayfish trapping and cooking video |
| Terry Bullard | how to hide your traps to stop people stealing them |
| TrapperArne | what bait to use in your crayfish trap |
| YouTube | how to make a crayfish trap |
| YouTube | how to make a crayfish trap |
| YouTube | how to catch crayfish (UK crayfishing) |
The legalities of trapping crayfish |
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| DEFRA | application forms and licences for keeping and trapping non-native crayfish |
| Fish Health Inspectorate | investigating disease outbreaks and fish and shellfish businesses |
| Gov.uk | policy on freshwater fisheries and non-native species |
| Legislation.gov | The Alien and Locally Absent Species in Aquaculture (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 |
| Natural Bushcraft | good introductory article on the legalities and practicalities of trapping crayfish |
Cooking crayfish / crayfish recipes |
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| All Recipes | lots of crayfish recipes |
| BBC Food | crayfish recipes |
| Bite | fresh barbecued crayfish |
| Cook it Simply | crayfish salad recipe |
| Free-Recipes | crayfish dip recipe |
| WikiHow | how to purge crayfish before cooking |
| YouTube | how to purge, boil, clean and freeze crayfish |
| YouTube | how to boil crayfish Louisiana style – love the accent |
| Yummly | lots of crayfish salad recipes |
