Description of Impact(s) (English Only) The Dutch Parliament examined and adopted a motion submitted by MP van Campen urging the Government to amend legislation and regulations applicable to crayfish trapping in order to improve management of the American crayfish, an invasive species threatening water quality and biodiversity in the Netherlands.
The motion adopted by the Parliament bases its reasoning on the findings from the IPBES Invasive Alien Species Assessment Report regarding the impact and costs of biological invasions (400 billion euros worldwide).