Presenter turned farmer Jeremy Clarkson is in bother with the authorities again on his farm ‘Diddly Squat'.
The former Top Gear front man has been rapped on the knuckles for catching crayfish illegally, with a plan to sell them to the public. In a video to the Prime Minister, Mr Clarkson called on the government to back farmers and stop local authorities turning down diversification opportunities.
The TV personality secured a swift reply from Mr Johnson, who sent a video from a cabbage farm highlighting the Government’s plans within the food strategy documents published in parliament this week.
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In Mr Clarkson’s column in The Times be admitted that he had been blocked by authorities from selling crayfish in his farm shop.
"You go down to your own lake… haul in a net full of delicious morsels, and then sell them to passing families as a healthy snack," he wrote.
The kind of crayfish found on Clarkson’s farm are non-native American crayfish, however, and cannot be trapped without the Environment Agency’s consent. This is due to problems caused by illegal crayfish traps not distinguishing between native and invasive species. Trapping the crayfish without written permission is regarded as a potentially prosecutable offence, according to the government’s website.
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