Expert solutions by Gaven Webster https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi How to solve the invasive rusty crayfish problom en-us 2018-03-14 15:28:25 UTC 2018-03-16 17:40:53 UTC hello@padlet.com gaven_webster https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/241943847 This is how it all started, people bring live bait out of their native habitat and into a different water system. This causes the species to set the already existing ecosystem off balance.
http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/ais/rustycrayfish_invader]]> 2018-03-14 15:34:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/241943847 gaven_webster https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/241947280 When these creatures are used as bait when they are live then if they manage to get off the hook they will still be live. This then relates to them setting the preexisting ecosystem off balance.
https://fw.ky.gov/More/Documents/RustyCrayfish.pdf]]> 2018-03-14 15:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/241947280 gaven_webster https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/241950250 It is obvious why we shouldn't do this. When we release them they then live on in the waters and just like said before. They will throw off the ecosystem.
]]> 2018-03-14 15:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/241950250 Strength gaven_webster https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/241955572 It limits the amount of out of state spread. ]]> 2018-03-14 15:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/241955572 Weakness gaven_webster https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/241959214 It does not provide anyway to help our crayfish problem in the states where the crayfish started.]]> 2018-03-14 15:57:24 UTC https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/241959214 Strength gaven_webster https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/241959979 It keeps the spread levels down on a body of water level. This keeps the small level spread to a minimum.]]> 2018-03-14 15:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/241959979 Weakness gaven_webster https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/241961922 There is absolutely no way to monitor this. Even if bait shops stop selling it then people can literally just step into a creek and pick one up.]]> 2018-03-14 16:02:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/241961922 Strength gaven_webster https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/241964041 This cuts down on the amount of crayfish exposed to a foreign waterway]]> 2018-03-14 16:05:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/241964041 Weakness gaven_webster https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/241965160 Again there is no way to monitor this people can dump whatever they want in a river or stream and they will most likely never get caught.]]> 2018-03-14 16:07:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/241965160 gaven_webster https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/242376797 In order to manage the spread of rusty crayfish they need to to reintroduce predators like bass and sunfish.
https://www.anstaskforce.gov/spoc/rustycrayfish.php]]> 2018-03-15 14:20:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/242376797 Strength gaven_webster https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/242380656 This is a way to fix the problem with minimal human contact to the ecosystem. This would also be a one action fix.]]> 2018-03-15 14:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/242380656 Weakness gaven_webster https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/242385234 This could set the ecosystem off balance in an extreme way. We would have to monitor the ecosystem for a long time period after the introduction of bass. This would be expensive and take a while.]]> 2018-03-15 14:32:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gaven_webster/vdg5xsy7vcxi/wish/242385234