Crayfish: Pest Control
Commons · Question 46552 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the implementation of crayfish barriers in (a) brooks and (b) streams to help prevent the non-anthropogenic spread of establish
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 28 Apr 2025
The use of barriers as a strategic means of managing crayfish spread is currently not promoted by the Environment Agency (EA). This is because such barriers also impact migratory fish and macroinvertebrates. As part of Government efforts to prevent the sp...