Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 46552

Crayfish: Pest Control

Tabled: 17 April 2025

Answered: 28 April 2025

Named Day

Question

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

Daniel Zeichner

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...

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