The world’s second largest freshwater crayfish was once plentiful in Australia’s longest river – we’re bringing it back
- Written by Nick Whiterod, Science Program Manager, Goyder Institute for Water Research Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Research Centre, University of Adelaide
Nick WhiterodMurray crayfish once thrived in the southern Murray-Darling Basin. The species was found everywhere from the headwaters of the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers in the Australian Alps all the way down to Wellington in South Australia.
For thousands of years, First Nations people managed harvesting sustainably. But crayfish stocks crashed...
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