Working visit to CrawFish Farm Holland: The fight against American crayfish

Recently brought Heidi Looy (BBB) and Pauline de Bes (J21) visited CrawFish Farm Holland in Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel. This company buys and sells caught  red American crayfish, an invasive exotic species causing serious damage to our flora and fauna.

A growing problem

The American crayfish reproduces at lightning speed – a female can reproduce as fast as 400 offspring at a time. They eat away aquatic plants, eat frogspawn and larvae, and dig deep burrows, weakening levees and roads. This causes millions of dollars in damage. Meanwhile, governments shift responsibilities back and forth as the problems continue to grow.

Sustainable solution: crayfish on the menu

Entrepreneurs want to put lobster on the menu as a culinary solution, but regulations and bureaucracy are working against it. CrawFish Farm Holland shows how the lobster can be used as a  sustainable regional product can contribute to nature restoration and the economy.

BBB and J21 continue to highlight this problem – because addressing it is needed now!

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