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cray fish recipes wanted
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 5:23 am
by muddy boots
as soon as the weather improves i shall be going cray fishing and would like some recipes for them i want to use them for a first course at a wild food dinner party i am hosting soon most of my guests have never tried wild food before so i would like to impress them
Re: cray fish recipes wanted
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:20 am
by gdb
recipes i'm not so sure about... but where are you based? in the uk and many parts of europe i think only certain limited types of crayfish can be caught. and even then only at certain times of year.
i've no idea off hand what any of the restrictions are, but it pays to find out if you're unsure....
Re: cray fish recipes wanted
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:26 am
by muddy boots
thank you for your reply i am only catching the american signal crayfish and there are no season for them i am based in nottingham and some of the lakes around here are alive with them
Re: cray fish recipes wanted
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:23 pm
by MKG
To my shame (living in Nottinghamshire) I don't know what the county regulations are for taking crayfish - but I do know that there's an action plan for the protection of native crayfish, as they are still hanging on in Notts. That being the case, I'm pretty sure that you would need a licence and they're not given out willy-nilly.
You need to contact the Environment Agency to find out what you have to do.
Mike
EDIT: I've just checked - a licence is needed anywhere in England.