{
  "id": 15845703,
  "title": "In the 1960s, Sweden introduced signal crayfish to support fishing; the plague-carrying invaders helped cut native noble crayfish populations fourfold",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/in-the-1960s-sweden-introduced-signal-crayfish-to-support-fishing-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T02:58:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/in-the-1960s-sweden-introduced-signal-crayfish-to-support-fishing-the-plague-carrying-invaders-helped-cut-native-noble-crayfish-populations-fourfold-101791798115650.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In the 1960s, Sweden introduced signal crayfish to boost fishing. They carry a plague deadly to native noble crayfish, whose numbers have dropped fourfold.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}