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Other creatures in the 10 most wanted list include the American signal crayfish which has endangered our native white-clawed species, the topmouth gudgeon fish which hits other species, and the mink, which eats water voles.
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When told what the crustaceans were, Hemsley admitted killing white-clawed crayfish contrary to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; and taking fish in an inland water with a trap without a licence, contrary to the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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When told what the crustaceans were, Hemsley admitted killing white-clawed crayfish contrary to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; and taking fish in an inland water with a trap without a licence, contrary to the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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But instead, he had trapped 40 white-clawed crayfish, which are considered "vulnerable" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List.
Toronto Sun 2010
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When told what the crustaceans were, Hemsley admitted killing white-clawed crayfish contrary to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; and taking fish in an inland water with a trap without a licence, contrary to the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Populations of white-clawed crayfish have shrunk rapidly since the 1970s, out-competed by signal crayfish, which were accidentally released from fish farms.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The American species is an invasive pest and carries the plague responsible for almost wiping out white-clawed crayfish.
News round-up 2010
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Populations of white-clawed crayfish have shrunk rapidly since the 1970s, out-competed by signal crayfish, which were accidentally released from fish farms.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Magistrates heard salesman Christopher Helmsley, 42, cooked and ate at least 40 white-clawed crayfish from the River Kent at Staveley last year.
News round-up 2010
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Populations of white-clawed crayfish have shrunk rapidly since the 1970s, out-competed by signal crayfish, which were accidentally released from fish farms.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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