The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved emergency financial relief for struggling crawfish farmers and fisherman for a 2024 harvest that is down 50-90% across Louisiana, according to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center. However, the cash might not be enough to save next year’s season. “Louisiana’s crawfish aquaculture industry will experience impacts from the 2023 […]
Apr. 8—Hundreds flocked to downtown Muskogee on Saturday to enjoy Clydesdales, crawfish and plenty of produce. First thing in the morning, people crowded Muskogee Farmers’ Market to get their first bunches of carrots and greens, plus their first sips of minty, citrusy lemonade. Darzella Newton of Muskogee said she comes to the market every chance […]
Apr. 4—Expect a lot of blooming going on Saturday at the Muskogee Azalea Festival Parade. The parade, with the theme Flower Tunes, will be 11 a.m. Saturday along Broadway, from Second to Sixth Streets. This year’s parade grand marshals are Casey Hentges, host of the OETA Saturday morning program “Oklahoma Gardening” and the show’s video […]
NEW ORLEANS — Normally, the weeks just before Easter mean peak business for crawfish harvesters, wholesalers and processors, with ample product and high demand. Instead, they’re waiting to see if the federal government will declare a disaster for their industry, which continues to weather the after-effects of last summer’s extended drought and a bad freeze […]
Lafayette, Louisiana — Cracking and peeling is serious business in the South this time of year because it’s crawfish season. But the crustation that looks like a tiny lobster and tastes like a salty combination of shrimp and crab has been hard to find this year because of a devastating drought. The shortage has meant […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Amid a crawfish shortage in Louisiana, the nation’s top producer of the crustaceans that are a staple in Gulf Coast seafood boils, Gov. Jeff Landry issued a disaster declaration for the impacted industry Wednesday. Last year’s drought, extreme heat, saltwater intrusion on the Mississippi River and a hard winter freeze […]
One lucky crawfish named Sherbin was saved from a seafood boil, during the 8th Annual Pardoning of the Crawfish by Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser. Hosted in the crawfish capital of the world, Breaux Bridge, this unique Louisiana tradition officially kicks off crawfish season. “We take on lucky crawfish out of the Atchafalaya Basin, we pardon […]
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Crawfish prices have gone up by almost triple compared to the last crawfish season. A southern staple, crawfish, will cost more than triple this season due to weather conditions in Louisiana. Lawsuit aims to change shrimping regulations on the Gulf Coast Arian Belt, Manager at Mudbugs DIP Seafood in Mobile, said […]