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Fish stock fears as American crayfish invade Glasgow river

They are a species that has already wrought havoc in some of Scotland’s most idyllic beauty spots, but now the dreaded American signal crayfish has invaded Glasgow.

The species, which devastates fishing stocks, is the scourge of fishermen and causes river banks to cave in, has been discovered in the River Kelvin.