i have a small lobster pot & would like to catch some signals.
i live in the somerset/dorset/devon area.
does anyone know any stretches of river where they might be?
does anyone know the legality of doing so?
signal crayfish
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, Dec 02 2004 07:54 PM
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Posted 02 December 2004 - 08:04 PM
It's illegal to trap any species of crayfish without a licence see. This should be stated somewhere on the EA web site, but I can't find it right now.
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Posted 02 December 2004 - 08:08 PM
Well I found this. Not sure how clear it is mind!
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Posted 02 December 2004 - 08:37 PM
cheers lid, strange, the idea of eating signals would mean there are less of them to hassle our native ones, you would think the ea would encourage it?
didnt stop john wilson putting a trap down on telly though, he didn't mention a licence, maybe they can go round & nick him now
didnt stop john wilson putting a trap down on telly though, he didn't mention a licence, maybe they can go round & nick him now
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Posted 02 December 2004 - 10:02 PM
They think that some people will not be able to tell the difference and kill native crayfish instead of signals.ziggy searchfield:
cheers lid, strange, the idea of eating signals would mean there are less of them to hassle our native ones, you would think the ea would encourage it?
take a look at my blog
http://chubcatcher.blogspot.co.uk/
http://chubcatcher.blogspot.co.uk/
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Posted 02 December 2004 - 10:05 PM
ahh, yes, i too have seen people that shop at asda.
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Posted 02 December 2004 - 10:06 PM
If you caught signal crays by accident you would be breaking the law if you released them back in to the water ways.
They should be humanely destroyed.....
They should be humanely destroyed.....
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Posted 02 December 2004 - 10:07 PM
anyone want to buy a very small lobster pot, will exchange for spear gun & address of nearest e.a. office
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Posted 02 December 2004 - 10:14 PM
Just tie a animal carcass to a rope chuck it in a water know to contain signals and every half hour drag it in, you will catch a few.
Best done at night.
Best done at night.
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Posted 02 December 2004 - 10:59 PM
does a dead badger count as a trap from the e.a. point of view or could you just say you were teaching it to swim & it must have drowned
