Concerns have been raised regarding the future of sea life in the Solway firth after an American Signal crayfish was found in the river Nith in Dumfries. The invasive species has already wiped out nearly all fish stock in nearby Loch Ken.
A local fisherman has raised concerns about the future of sea life in the Solway firth after he claims he caught the first American Signal crayfish to be found in saltwater in Britain.
Roy Kerr, from Kingholm Quay in Dumfries, said the species has already wiped out most of the fish in nearby Loch Ken.
The Nith Catchment Fishery Trust say that the presence of crayfish would be detrimental to the health of the Nith catchment as they cause bank instability from the act of burrowing, increasing the erosion of the river banks and sediment input to the river.
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