As well as raising sea trout the Ribble Catchment Conservation Trust (working with the Environment Agency and an organisation called Crayfish in the Dales) are planning to help another species in the Ribble Catchment.
From July schools could also be raising White Clawed Crayfish. This endangered species was until recently quite common in the upper reaches of the Ribble, but now our White Clawed Crayfish are under threat from the American Signal Crayfish and pollution.
Simliar tanks to the trout hatcheries will be used to nurture crayfish that can then be reintroduced into streams where they have been lost. The first tanks will be installed in the Settle area.
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