{"id":58060,"date":"2015-06-17T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T14:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=94fb23b4104396594927018df41a43ec"},"modified":"2015-06-25T14:46:32","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T14:46:32","slug":"news-story-non-native-crabs-and-lobsters-along-sussex-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=58060","title":{"rendered":"News story: Non-native crabs and lobsters along Sussex Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Text changed to add: <\/p>\n<p>Although the animals are safe for human consumption we would ask anyone who captures them to notify the MMO office at Shoreham on 01273 424849 or take them to a local fish merchant who can alert us to them. <\/p>\n<p>Removed: The animals can be sold direct for human consumption, as long as they are not re-immersed or re-introduced into the wild. <\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>A number of fishermen on the Sussex coast are reporting catches of non-native lobsters (Canadian Homarus americanus) and crabs (Metacarcinus magister) in an area in the vicinity of Brighton on the Sussex coast. <\/p>\n<p>The MMO would like to ask that anyone who catches non-native lobsters or crabs keeps the animals (regardless of size) and reports the matter to the MMO office at Shoreham on 01273 424849, or take them to a local fish merchant who can alert us to them. For details on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/reporting-non-native-crabs-and-lobsters-along-sussex-coast\">how to deal with the crabs and lobsters once landed<\/a> please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/reporting-non-native-crabs-and-lobsters-along-sussex-coast\">Cefas website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Under no circumstances should any non-native species be released back into the sea as release could impact native species and constitute an offence under the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/1981\/69\">Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li>In addition, animals can be landed but cannot be re-immersed &#8211; unless held in facilities which are compliant under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/application-for-an-individual-licence-to-deposit-lobsters-lobster-order-1981\">Lobster Deposit Order Licence<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li>Although the animals are safe for human consumption we would ask anyone who captures them to notify the MMO office at Shoreham on 01273 424849 or take them to a local fish merchant who can alert us to them. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The MMO appreciates the co-operation of all involved from capture to retail sale in this matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian Homarus americanus lobsters and Dungeness crabs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58060"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58060"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58412,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58060\/revisions\/58412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}