Minnesota's The Fish Guys has second successful invasive crayfish harvest to protect northern lakes
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton Aug 19, 2014
Last week restaurants in Minneapolis ans St. Paul got to feature local crayfish from Woman lake, and the entire harvest was sold out in two hours.
One restaurant, the Smack Shack, hosted a crayfish street party, with bands and beer, and sold 2000 lbs. of crayfish.
The idea came about due to environmental concerns about invasive rusty crayfish in Woman lake in Minnesota, and a plan by The Fish Guys to do something about it.
The Rusty Crayfish are aggressive, territorial and have high reproductive potential, thus overpopulating and out-competing the native crayfish. Invasive crayfish can cause population declines or elimination of native crayfish, amphibians and reptiles. They are also linked to fish declines from alteration and destruction of habitat, over-foraging and preying on fish eggs.
With support from Twin Cities restaurants and local trappers in Woman Lake during the summer of 2013...
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