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-# Crayfish+This topic is part of [[gt:bushcraft|Bushcraft & Nature]]. 
 +====== Crayfish ======
  
  
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-## What are crayfish?+===== What are crayfish? =====
  
 Called crawfish in the US, they are freshwater crustaceans related to lobsters, and there are two main species in UK - the native white-clawed crayfish (_Austropotamobius pallipes_), and the non-native American Signal crayfish (_Pacifastacus leniusculus)_, which was introduced to Britain in the 1970s via dedicated farms, and subsequently escaped. There are a few other introduced species but they are not very widespread. Called crawfish in the US, they are freshwater crustaceans related to lobsters, and there are two main species in UK - the native white-clawed crayfish (_Austropotamobius pallipes_), and the non-native American Signal crayfish (_Pacifastacus leniusculus)_, which was introduced to Britain in the 1970s via dedicated farms, and subsequently escaped. There are a few other introduced species but they are not very widespread.
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-## What are the benefits of catching crayfish?+===== What are the benefits of catching crayfish? =====
  
 First - getting [food from the wild](/wild/wild_food) is always a good idea from an environmental perspective (unless we deplete the resource – but this isn't an issue here, as we'll see later). Wild food requires no pesticides, fertilisers, hormones or genetic modification - in fact, no ecological interference at all. First - getting [food from the wild](/wild/wild_food) is always a good idea from an environmental perspective (unless we deplete the resource – but this isn't an issue here, as we'll see later). Wild food requires no pesticides, fertilisers, hormones or genetic modification - in fact, no ecological interference at all.
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-## What can I do?+===== What can I do? =====
  
 **Buying crayfish** **Buying crayfish**
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-## Further resources+===== Forum ===== 
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 +This topic belongs to the section [[gt:bushcraft|Bushcraft & Nature]]. You can ask questions or add information on the corresponding [Forum section](https://forum.growingthecommons.org/t/bushcraft). 
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 +===== Further resources =====
  
 - [Environment Agency UK](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/297048/genw0606blai-e-e.pdf) - stop the spread of alien crayfish / crayfish plague - [Environment Agency UK](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/297048/genw0606blai-e-e.pdf) - stop the spread of alien crayfish / crayfish plague
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-## Related topics+===== Related topics =====
  
-- [Fishing](https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/doku.php/fish/fishing) +- [Fishing](fish:fishing) 
-- [Wild food](https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/doku.php/wild/wild_food) +- [Wild food](wild:wild_food) 
-- [Game / wild meat](https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/doku.php/game/game) +- [Game / wild meat](game:game) 
-- [Bushcraft](https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/doku.php/bush/bushcraft) +- [Bushcraft](bush:bushcraft) 
-- [Low-impact food & drink](https://knowledge.growingthecommons.org/doku.php/lifo/food)+- [Low-impact food & drink](lifo:food)
  
  
-## Specialist curators of this topic+===== Specialist curators of this topic =====
  
  
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