Crayfish trapping licence

[AJB]

Delt with this guy - he's really nice and his kit's very good!

http://www.interextrading.com/bo-series-bo-small-c-2-p-1-pr-10.html

 

[Nick93]

Could you send me the info??

 

[georann]

I was out by the river today and was talking to a guy who was crayfishing. He said I could apply for a licence from the post office for £15 (or there abouts(im 16)) and he had got one but from what I have read here and elsewhere, is this just a rod licence and not legal for crayfishing? He had bought 2 traps which he caught about 80 a day in and today he was placing 2 traps he had made out of plastic bottles. However one of his bought traps had snapped its line a week ago and he hadnt found it (it was in quite deep water) but he said if I swim down and get it I could have it (will go back with some goggles tomorrow). Is it legal for me to keep the contents of this trap, ie. do you need a licence to set the trap only? Is this the wrong sort of licence?

 

[Tank]

In case others are interested.

Application to trap and/or remove crayfish - http://www.efishbusiness.co.uk/formsandguides/cr1.pdf

helpful to get grid ref - http://www.bnhs.co.uk/focuson/grabagridref/html/index.htm

 

[Tank]

Applied for the licence on the Wed 9th March and the tags arrived Fri 11th March. Very quick turn around. will be going out friday to hopefully catch some craysfish.

 

[TeeDee]

Anyone had recent success with obtaining a Cray fish License?

And can anyone point me in the right direction for an updated map of where Crayfish population is on UK map please.

Ta.

 

[georann]

Hiya TeeDee, getting a license isn't difficult at all (I'll admit theyre a bit slow at getting you in the system for your first one though), but you have to find your own crayfish spot which is a pain. I could never find a map of crayfish population of any age for any area or even nationally. Unless someone has made one in the last 6 months, I'll be impressed if you find a map.

Happy Fishing
Dan

 

[Humpback]

locations:
http://data.nbn.org.uk/interactive/map.jsp?srchSp=NHMSYS0000377494

Although difficult to work!

 

[georann]

Now I look like a clot....

 

[TeeDee]

Thanks guys!