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Another threat?

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Tom Herbert

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Guy's, i have had permission to lift this from somewhere else............. you may want to read it and follow the links at the bottom.

Another threat along with the Cray fish, Mittens, Otters and mink?


KILLER SHRIMP

What is it?

A highly invasive non-native species that has spread from the Ponto-Caspian Region of Eastern Europe. As a
voracious predator it kills a range of native species, including young fish, and significantly alters ecosystems. The
first known outbreak of this species was found in Grafham Water on 3 September 2010.
How do you identify it?
➤ Total body length of up to 30 mm (large for a freshwater amphipod).
➤ May appear striped or uniform in coloration pattern.
➤ Mandibles are relatively large.
➤ Behaviour is particularly vicious and destructive.

Dikerogammarus villosus
www.nonnativespecies.org
Invasive Species Alert!
If you find this species, please send a photo and details of the sighting to:
alert_nonnative@ceh.ac.uk
Help stop the spread of this species by:
➤ Inspecting and cleaning boats and kit before and after use.
➤ Inspecting and cleaning launching trailers.
➤ Draining all bilge water from boats before leaving the site.
➤ Disinfecting angling kit before use.
➤ Making sure no lake water is taken away with your kit.
➤ Not transferring bait between water bodies.
© FBA
© Michal Grabowski
What is the urgency?
➤ This is the first known outbreak in Great Britain. It is vital that we try to stop its spread to new locations. It can be
spread inadvertently by people. By following the guidance below you can help to keep it contained.
Relative sizes of Killer Shrimp
(left) and other native shrimp
species, Gammarus spp.

DEFRA Link https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/nonnativespecies/alerts/index.cfm?id=3

BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11246642
 
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This one has already been discussed Tom, a week or two back. A nasty looking beast, which will no doubt spread and cause more damage to our environment....damage we can well do without.

However, you will probably be jumped upon for raising the issue, being labled a scaremonger or whatever....I have no idea why this is....but brace yourself :D

Cheers, Dave.
 
There is a rumour going round in Rural Circles that The Otters invited them to their quango's Christmas bash the other year, and they stayed on. Indeed, have even been claiming Housing Benefit.
 
Sorry guy's, it was pointed out to me after i posted the topic that it had already been covered.
 
Paul Boote said:
There is a rumour going round in Rural Circles that The Otters invited them to their quango's Christmas bash the other year, and they stayed on. Indeed, have even been claiming Housing Benefit.
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ha ha, I heard they have been staying in caravans. And the darker ones are the worst etc etc

:D
 
And yet another threat. Deer wearing camo to creep up on then spear our barbel. B'stards.

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The Chairman on Sunday


The problem is - at least as I see it, after reading a headline quoting an heir to a domestic furnishings fortune who really knows about living in a sink estate on £65 a week on some online rag just now - is that all these shrimps, gormless corms, camoed-up deer, otter rotters and other threats to Barbel and to British Civilization as we think we know it are merely benefit cheats "mugging taxpayers" for their hard-earned. It's just not fair, so I am going to get in a muddled-headed, blame anything and anybody, right old tizzy about it.

So that you know, so there!


Not as ever, but a slightly tetchy

Chairman (The)
 
The Chairman on Monday


Ah, but one must complain, Dave.

I write frequently to the Telegraph, sounding off about Somali flyfishers in burkhas, otters offering a credible cyber-threat, the need to to eradicate trout and salmon from British waters etc, and the awfully nice, similarly minded chaps on the paper publish them. You should do the same.


As ever,

B.B.
 
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