Crayfish trapping & cooking
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- Опубліковано 11 сер 2015
- The American signal crayfish has laid waste to the UK’s waterways since its introduction in the 1970s when it was farmed for restaurants. Like the mink, they escaped and found their way into our ecosystem, with devastating effects on our native wildlife and surrounding environment. It carries a plague to which it is itself immune but that wipes out our smaller native crayfish.
The beautifully landscaped garden featured a stunning pond that used to be home to koi carp. I say “used to”, because lurking beneath the water’s surface scuttled an army of crayfish, a predatory freshwater crustacean. How these creatures had managed to find this pond, which lies miles from a river, is anyone’s guess. The head gardener suggested that they or their eggs had stowed away on wildfowl or a heron, or perhaps they had crawled over the land. But they had arrived and their feet were well and truly under the table. These crayfish aren’t our native white-clawed variety, but the rampant American signal crayfish.
A tasty pest
Fortuitously, unlike the mink, crayfish are easy to catch and delicious to eat. In true bushcraft fashion, we decided to help the pond’s ecosystem by removing the majority of the signal crayfish, and then celebrate their disappearance with a hearty meal. Few things are more satisfying than sourcing your food naturally, harvesting it and then cooking it yourself. Shrimping this isn’t, but these crustaceans would be just as, if not more, tasty in a paella alongside already-harvested young rabbits. What better way to deal with rogue non-indigenous species such as the crayfish and the grey squirrel than by dining on this free source of protein?
Despite the fact that we were trapping in a private pond, I still needed to adhere to the laws covering the trapping of crayfish. As with rabbits, it is the act of trapping and the type of trap used, rather than the location, that are significant. After a brief conversation with my local Environment Agency (EA) officer, I was sent the relevant forms, which I filled in and sent off. Before long I received my tags certifying that I was a registered crayfish trapper. - Спорт
Professionally done!
This film was great fun to produce and the "stars" were very tasty to eat afterwards.
That looked delicious Simon, thanks for everyone's time and effort. ATB.
Oh wow those crays look fantastic .
Looks amazing and I can't wait to try it myself.
Saving the environment never tasted so good.
Beautiful
Looking forward to this years harvest with some fresh tomatoes and wild garlic...i just made myself hungry
If that tastes half as good as it looks. Wow, great job!
looks amazing
I am glad you liked it.
great vid. thnx
For all the pest that they are they look brilliant to eat, great video chaps ... Thanks
this guy is the Bob Ross of food!
Well made produced video.
That looks like an outstanding fruitful bounty. Young fresh Rabbit and Signal Crayfish which seem to be both a Curse,and Blessing on the UK.
Cray Fish are awesome tasty and healthy Sweet Water Lobster with lesser contamination then their Ocean cousins.
Please keep up the good work.
SUPERB !!!
beautiful looking dish, bet it tasted great as well
Looks fantastic! Crayfish are a nuisance I have no problem consuming. Combining it with the rabbit is a nice contrast as well. Great stuff
Glad you enjoyed it. One of the perks was to eat the finished dish...Ymmmm.
Yes sir!
fantastic video. and in the eyes of the law all good. keep up the good work Sir.
+Paul Cooper Thanks for the positive reply.
superb.......................
yummm nice :v
👍👌
i can't stop thinking about that wonderful food. I'm very hungry now, so sad..
+Minh Huynh Me too! Cant wait till summer so I can catch my own crayfish and make my own recipe!
Mate that Paella looked good enough to eat
Yes looked amazing but what did it taste like? Can anyone answer this? Please
Crayfish meat tastes rather like lobster.
looks lovely, pity they are such a past, keep em cooking
I like the video considering I am vegetarian
He put a rabbit in with the crayfish. Yuck. What he should have put in was Old Bay Seasoning, corn, potatoes, celery and mushrooms.
lots of time crawdads enter waterways when rivers flood or the land is damp from rain. they dont need to be submerged, tehy just need to stay damp and they can live and migrate indefinitely
There's no getting rid of the crayfish, so it's best to exploit them as a resource. As the saying goes: if you can't beat 'em, serve 'em with cocktail sauce.
Here in the states we have fish that eat crawdad and keep their numbers in check.I'd figure y'all would have something that would eat them.
These are American Signal Crayfish, which are very prolific breeders and extremely adaptable eaters. They don't have many of the same predators in Europe as they do in the US; however, introducing crayfish eating fish, such as catfish and bass, would likely lead to further competition for resources with indigenous species.
Over time, this would make it easier for disease and pests to spread, due to lack of biodiversity. This could also erode our food supply.
This is somewhat ironic, as the Signal was brought to Europe in an attempt to eliminate Crayfish plague, which has affected crayfish globally. The Signals were thought to be immune to the disease, but they were later discovered to simply be resistant carriers. This gave them a head-start on overtaking the vast majority of the UK's ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams.
They are not native here we have a smaller white crays that the signals have pushed out they i think pike is their main enemy here, other than that they are a pest in our waterways
they were brought over to farm for the continent and got loose, irresponsible capitalism , as per usual.
If that tastes half as good as it looks. Wow, great job!