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Zimbabwe: Freshwater crayfish introduced from Australia pose a serious environmental problem
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Neighboring South Africa has banned commercial operations and breeding of the still water crustacean in Argentina, Mexico and Australia is strictly controlled for environmental reasons.
”We don’t have the resources on the ground to licence or police exploitation on the right scale at Kariba,” said Phiri. “The important thing is we don’t want people to introduce it elsewhere.”
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