Eradication of the first red swamp crayfish population in Slovakia

Four employees from the Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters USB (Antonín Kouba, Paride Balzani, Francisco Oficialdegui, and Ismael Soto) participated in a targeted eradication program against the first known population of the highly invasive red swamp crayfish in Slovakia. Its population occurs in the upper stretches of the Čepčínský brook located near Turčianské Teplice. The eradication lasting from 21st to 23rd September 2023 combined several approaches, including day and night hand-catching and liming, and resulted in more than 5,000 individuals eliminated.