| Pictures of semi-intensive redclaw freshwater crayfish
culture systems in Australia |
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| Ponds are typically small (around 0.2 ha), square to rectangular, are
1.5 to 2 meters in depth, are usually surrounded by a small wall to prevent
crayfish from escaping and to exclude predators, and may be completely enclosed
by a net also for predator exclusion. |
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| Ponds used for culturing redclaw at Walkamin Research Station in northern
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| Pond used for culturing redclaw at a farm in northern Queensland. Note
the extensive use of car tyres as refuge for crayfish. This pond is used
for polyculture with silver perch, but tyres are very often used when redclaw
are farmed in monoculture. |