Trapping Signal Crayfish

[Morkai]

Nobody will care if you take them home in the same way nobody says anything when fishermen throw Zander back into the canals when they shouldn't.

 

[TringSaint]

On that other thread ur on ur high horse about green issues etc, and that's ur right if u believe that.

But telling someone to transport live signal crays about when u don't know how far he's travelling g or travelling to an area with none.
Is grossly irresponsible, the damage they can cause to river catchments and are almost impossible to eradicate from the river system once there.
They can also survive and travel quite long distances over ground if they escaped or u crashed the car

Ur all about saving the planet with grand gestures but then coming out with stuff like that, just hypocrisy.
Something u can very easily do to protect ur local environment and u don't want to do it.

Fair play to u t.eddie for doing it the right way.

Urrrrr not really.
Signal crayfish in a bucket being taken to a house is not the same as screwing up the environment.
Given that signal crayfish are an invasive species that are to be killed once caught, I don’t see how this is less environmental than purging before killing.

Me thinks you are adding two numbers and making up the answer.

 

[T.eddie]

Urrrrr not really.
Signal crayfish in a bucket being taken to a house is not the same as screwing up the environment.
Given that signal crayfish are an invasive species that are to be killed once caught, I don’t see how this is less environmental than purging before killing.

Me thinks you are adding two numbers and making up the answer.

I think the risk is that they don't need to be in water to make their way to other sources and thus out compete out native species. I caught 2 with babies about 20 in total which could easily be transported elsewhere. I made sure to shake them off into the container so that I had control of them, once I was happy they looked dead by suffocation in the little amount of water that was in the container I then took home and poured boiling water over them to be double sure

 

[Tim.243]

I think the risk is that they don't need to be in water to make their way to other sources and thus out compete out native species. I caught 2 with babies about 20 in total which could easily be transported elsewhere. I made sure to shake them off into the container so that I had control of them, once I was happy they looked dead by suffocation in the little amount of water that was in the container I then took home and poured boiling water over them to be double sure

On occasions we used the Lakeside diving facility for students who had missed out on an open water dive qualifications as it was closer then the 180 mile round trip we normally used. In winter they had gloves on and I would dare them to poke in the holes made by the signal crayfish....not a rite of passage but good fun hearing the ahhhhh in the regulator

 

[countrryboy]

I think the risk is that they don't need to be in water to make their way to other sources and thus out compete out native species. I caught 2 with babies about 20 in total which could easily be transported elsewhere. I made sure to shake them off into the container so that I had control of them, once I was happy they looked dead by suffocation in the little amount of water that was in the container I then took home and poured boiling water over them to be double sure

Exactly.

Tring if u cannae see that wots the point

I don't completely disagree with many of ur views in the other thread,
But this thinking is so common make a massive fuss about big things u have absolutely no control over wot ever u do.
And then ignore a small thing that u can do easily and WILL make a massive difference to ur local ecosystem.

So to sum up Tring ur quite happy for whole of UK to be forced to drive electric cars etc no matter their views but ur not prepared to kill some crayfish before travelling home , even thou thats the law.

Thats the problem with a lot of environmentalists they just don't think or even know the impact of wot there doing, just like those saving the lambs the other day or all the mink saved of mink farms back in the day.

 

[T.eddie]

On occasions we used the Lakeside diving facility for students who had missed out on an open water dive qualifications as it was closer then the 180 mile round trip we normally used. In winter they had gloves on and I would dare them to poke in the holes made by the signal crayfish....not a rite of passage but good fun hearing the ahhhhh in the regulator

Yeah I wouldn't be doing that, they aren't the friendliest things I've seen

 

[TringSaint]

I think the risk is that they don't need to be in water to make their way to other sources and thus out compete out native species. I caught 2 with babies about 20 in total which could easily be transported elsewhere. I made sure to shake them off into the container so that I had control of them, once I was happy they looked dead by suffocation in the little amount of water that was in the container I then took home and poured boiling water over them to be double sure

I totally understand that, so as long as they are kept in a tank where they cannot escape then the risk is minimal, and at worst no greater than before they were caught.

Sometimes legislation is ineffective, so with a bit of careful license, people can harvest the crayfish and turn them into a great meal

 

[Tim.243]

I totally understand that, so as long as they are kept in a tank where they cannot escape then the risk is minimal, and at worst no greater than before they were caught.

Sometimes legislation is ineffective, so with a bit of careful license, people can harvest the crayfish and turn them into a great meal

@T.eddie
Tom did you take you 3.2L 6 speed truck or go via the E Bike?

 

[TringSaint]

@T.eddie
Tom did you take you 3.2L 6 speed truck or go via the E Bike?

So funny!!! I will remember to laugh at some point!

You clearly didn’t read or comprehend what I was writing in the other thread. I too have a 3.2L shogun because I have livestock and need to tow trailers. I won’t switch to an EV because I think they are nothing more than a greenwashed car - huge emissions when making them and the electricity that powers them. But I do advocate using vehicles less and holding on to them for longer so that the embedded carbon in the vehicle has a longer lifespan.

Being environmentally conscious doesn’t mean throwing everything away and buying new - it’s about limiting what you consume across the board.

 

[Tim.243]

So funny!!! I will remember to laugh at some point!

You clearly didn’t read or comprehend what I was writing in the other thread. I too have a 3.2L shogun because I have livestock and need to tow trailers. I won’t switch to an EV because I think they are nothing more than a greenwashed car - huge emissions when making them and the electricity that powers them. But I do advocate using vehicles less and holding on to them for longer so that the embedded carbon in the vehicle has a longer lifespan.

Being environmentally conscious doesn’t mean throwing everything away and buying new - it’s about limiting what you consume across the board.

Then don't encourage people to break the law as they might well not be carted of in an older police wagon full of carbon...

 

[TringSaint]

Then don't encourage people to break the law as they might well not be carted of in an older police wagon full of carbon...

I wasn’t advocating anyone breaking the law, if you read my message carefully.

In fact Im pretty sure my message starts with me saying that I’m not advocating anyone breaking the law!!!

 

[John Gryphon]

Why not use a portable gas boiler and cook them on site? (or on a fire)