Business trip report, Slovakia, Kouba et al.

Eradication of the first red swamp crayfish population in Slovakia

Four members of the Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Water USB (Antonín Kouba, Augusto Frederico Huber, Jakub Kocour, and Alex Pavlinců) participated in a targeted eradication program against the first known population of the highly invasive red swamp crayfish in Slovakia (discovered in May 2023). Its population occurs in the upper stretch of the Čepčínský brook located near Turčianské Teplice. The main eradication campaign that happened on September 11 combined several approaches and resulted in more than 4,600 individuals eliminated. More details about the invaded site can be found in our recently published article.