Marble Crayfish In Uk

[mitch70]

A LFS near me is selling marble crayfish - found out as he sold one to a friend of mine telling him it was a blue lobster (crayfish),

I went to same store and asked the owner what they were and he told me marble crayfish, when I pointed out they were illegal to sell he told me I didn't know what I was talking about and he had sold hundreds!

I am sure they are illegal and have read on here they are, told my friend and he is not too bothered - even when i pointed out he could soon have hundreds of babies (don't think he believed me)


Should I be reporting them? up until now they have seemed to be reputable

 

[ZoddyZod]

an invasive species currently wiping out our indigenous crays. Completely illegal to trade them due to this. Please report them!

http/www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?sid=1261

try calling DEFRA and seeing how you go about reporting them....

http/www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/contacts/

 

[mitch70]

I have emailed DEFRA reporting this LFS - lets hope they take some action, I will keep checking to see if they are for sale and keep reporing as long as they are.

 

[ZoddyZod]

good job, worth doing!

 

[fluttermoth]

Yeah, well done.

They have caused terrible problems for our native crays

When I had an American signal, years ago, I made sure not even his old water got into the drains, it all went on the garden so I didn't risk their nasty fungus getting anywhere near our rivers.

Obviously not everyone was as careful as I was