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Crayfish in Sweden
Brinck P 
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Crayfish plague (Aphanomyces astaci Schikora) has devastated the crayfish populations in Sweden so that a former substantial export is replaced by an import o f 1,000 tons a year (1972). P. leniusculus is used to restore crayfish water bodies. After a few years introduction of adult crayfish from the US, since 1970 only juveniles are distributed, being produced in Sweden. Test fishing has shown that colonizing a suitable water body with Pacifastacus is possible. Survival is good. The growth so far has been rapid and two-summer crayfish average 92 mm (M) and 87 mm (F) body length.
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Brinck P. (1975). Crayfish in Sweden. Freshwater Crayfish 2(1):77-85. doi: 10.5869/fc.1975.v2.077
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