illegal fish species

[mlee0332]

You might look around on the internet with a search engine. Look up England laws and codes or something. After you pukk that up, good luck looking for a specific name of a fish that is illegal...

 

[SirMinion]

would anyone have a clue where i would to find out -- ive never seen any type of crayfish for sale over here so that could be a sign -- does anyone know the latin (i think its normally the one i carnt prononce) of the red crayfish that were aloud to keep

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That's Cherax quadricarinatus
There are laws in place to cover the whole of the British isles, including all of the outlying islands such as Isle of Man & Isle of Wight.

The ONLY legal species that can be kept without a licence are the red-claw cray, Cherax quadricarinatus and our native cray, Austropotamobius pallipes

The signal cray (Pacifastacus leniusculus) can be kept with a licence that must be obtained BEFORE getting the cray, but only in certain parts of the country. Outside the approved area it's illegal to have signal crays, licence or not.

The green area is where you can keep signal crays under licence:

Licences can be obtained from here

 

[~nessy~]

thanks for the replys i dont live on the isle of wight but i do like the look of the red crayfish i just need to find out how big his tank needs to be as it will just be one of them

 

[~nessy~]

on another look it looks like the Austropotamobius pallipes is alot of stuff about it become threatened so i think id be harder to get one of those and i really liked it too got my heart on getting some sort of crayfish

 

[Boxcar Muzzdogg]

What is the black ribbon in your sig for?

 

[SirMinion]

thanks for the replys i dont live on the isle of wight but i do like the look of the red crayfish i just need to find out how big his tank needs to be as it will just be one of them

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D'oh! I always get them mixed up!
As you can see, the Isle of Man isn't shown on the map, but it is a 'red' area making the signal cray a no-no.

on another look it looks like the Austropotamobius pallipes is alot of stuff about it become threatened so i think id be harder to get one of those and i really liked it too got my heart on getting some sort of crayfish

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Yeah, unfortunately, Austropotamobius pallipes our native cray is under serious threat from invading alien species, in particular the signal cray which carries a plague which it is unaffected by, but which our crays succumb to very quickly.

The invading specis is also much lager and more aggresive and therefore outcompetes our cray for food and habitat.

This is the reason why non-native species are now banned.

 

[mlee0332]

I signed your petition just now! I didn't know they made purses with them what next? <sorry I got off subject>

 

[~nessy~]

would it be bad to keep a Austropotamobius pallipes if it is being threatened ive just read that u still need a licence for it as its not counted as tropical but u dont need a licence for the red crayfish maby thats the one i should go with anyone know how big they grow

 

[mlee0332]

I don't know that I would get anything that needed a license. Here in SC, licenses are 100 dollars to get one, and cost 25$ to renew them, and they only last for one year...

The cost might be diff over there tho, I'd check the cost of a license first.

 

[Paul_MTS]

bit late now but to clear up...

Importers have to hold correct liecenses different to other fish for importing asian arowanas and other endangered species. you don't actually need a leicense to keep one though, it is illegal in some parts of the US though i think(well somewhere over the pond!)