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Crayfish- (page 10 #5) that is a little confusing. The regulations is that you can capture a crayfish for use as live bait (if use of live bait is allowed in the waterbody you are fishing) but it can only be used in the waterbody that it came from.
Just like pretty much every other species, crayfish can build up a pretty unhealthy dose of bioacumulative toxins. Unforunately, the bigger/older/fatter the animal (fish, crayfish, birds, people, etc) the more toxins are present.
First were the crayfish near Bonneville Dam, so loaded with toxins that scientists wondered how they could still be alive. Then researchers learned Columbia River fish were contaminated enough that nearby tribes face dramatically higher risks of disease.