How ¿killer¿ shrimp threatening native wildlife could be stopped in their tracks using traps baited with cat food | Mail Online

I know, I know, it's the Daily Mail!!

I'm at Grafham today, helping with bank clearance, so I'll keep an eye open for any traps!
I'm now worried about an influx of moggies!

At least they got the picture right. Can't see it eating damselflies though, larvae yes. But flies. If this goes on they'll have wings soon and start attacking birds...

Johan

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Stopped in their tracks seems a little ambitious, but useful monitoring tool for currently clean water perhaps.

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BBC News - Hunt widens for 'killer shrimp' in Wales

From the BBC on the same story. Rather worryingly "We know from research done in other parts of the world that the spread of this FISH can have a devastating effect on the ecology" FISH? apparently we cant even get the basic vertebrate/invertebrate divide right!

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Good to see the issue being aired in the Press even if it is the Mail ( Killer shrimp - how it will effect your house price / cure for cancer etc.

The interesting part - is the information I've had, at least for Wales. Only one has been found outside the confines of Eg Nun and the Bay to date which does give grounds for some optimism

Accony, any chance of an udate re Grafham, I hear they're not releasing water to the brook, is that correct?

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The video clip in the above clip only showed Professor Steve Ormerod of Cardiff University speaking.

BBC Wales TV news at 8 AM showed more of Andrew Johnson of the Environment Agency demonstrating the first generation of traps in Cardiff Bay. He spoke well, I thought, the captured live specimens were also much darker than any I'd previously seen, not that its pertinent.
Andrew said: "We do not want to replicate this impact which is why the work we are doing with these traps is so important."
"The shrimp could damage fisheries in Wales and if it were to spread lead to the demise of other native invertebrates such as mayflies.."

To set the record straight he did not say: "We know from research done in other parts of the world that the spread of the this fish can have a devastating effect on the ecology."

He said "Dikerogammarus". The BBC transcribed it incorrectly. Danielp if you intended to make such a big deal of the misquote, why did you 'correct' the grammar ie "the this fish" in your quote?

The full article is likely to be shown, 'Wales Today' BBC 1 Wales starting at 18:30 this evening. Should be of interest for those in the reception area.

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Retyped it and must have corrected the grammar in my head without realising it was wrong. As for the raising the point about the word fish it was no slur on the interviewee just made me double take when I read it. I know it is an emotive topic but surely the BBC should proofread before putting the article out?!

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Sadly I don't have this info, but the reservoir is still low, probably a foot or so down at present. I doubt any pumping is being done at present as the GT. Ouse is in flood so coloured and carrying loads of debris [well it was this afternoon as I headed home]. I doubt any water is being released into Diddington Brook at present.