Breeding Red Signal Crayfish? (Years Ago)

[British Red]

Have a shufti at this old Jack Hargreaves video around the 6:00 minute mark - is it my eyes or was that chap (in more innocent times) breeding Red Signal Crayfish?

[video=youtube;A2LYol3DcLM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2LYol3DcLM[/video]

 

[Imagedude]

Weren't they imported into the UK and Europe via fish farms?

 

[British Red]

Apparently so - just found some of the history (since your post prompted me to google it)

http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/403/nonnative-crayfish-in-the-uk

 

[JonathanD]

I remember the old fishmongers in our village used to have a tank full when I was a kid. They used to be in the window and I used to watch them fascinated whilst my grandad bought his fish.