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UK - Abingdon - Bob Ring, 57, known as Crayfish Bob trapping American crayfish in the River Thames
Bob Ring, 57, known as Crayfish Bob trapping American crayfish in the River Thames at Abingdon Lock, Oxfordshire.Introduced in the 1970's by the now defunct Ministry of Fisheries and Food as a cheap food source, the American Signal Crayfish has wiped out the native British Crayfish because it carries, but is immune to, Aphanomyces astaci known as the Crayfish plague. American Signal crayfish have bred in such prolific numbers they have had seriously depreciative effect on other aquatic life and damage the banks with their tunnelling.
Author: Stuart Freedman
©Stuart Freedman
Photo size: 21.0 Mpixels (60.2 MB uncompressed) - 3744x5616 pixels (12.4x18.7 in / 31.7x47.5 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Abingdon, crawdads, crawfish, crayfish, Crayfish Bob, crustaceans, fish, fishing, hunting, river, Thames, trap, trapping, UK
Published in: UK - Eating Pests