It’s early December, and crawfish season is playing hard to get. We checked in with a local farmer to see what’s in the ponds ...

Christopher Bonvillain knows crawfish. An associate professor at Nicholls State University, he works in one of Louisiana's only aquatic ecology and astacology Labs. Astacology is the study of crawfish ...

ST. MARTIN PARISH — As a wave of strong winter weather approaches Acadiana, local crawfish farmers and enthusiasts are left wondering how the upcoming freeze will impact the crawfish supply. Mark ...

The rains from Hurricane Isaac look like a free and convenient way for crawfish farmers to flood their ponds, but trying to hold the water through four to six more weeks of hot weather will probably ...

RUNS THROUGH FEBRUARY 15TH. >> WELL, THIS WINTER WEATHER THAT WE’VE HAD IN LOUISIANA HAVING AN IMPACT ON A SOUTHERN STAPLE BECAUSE PONDS ARE FROZEN, CRAWFISH ARE NOT BEING SUPPLIED TO RESTAURANTS ...

The following is a press release from the LSU Agcenter: Over the next several days, Tropical Storm Lee will drench most of Louisiana's crawfish-producing parishes with rainfall ranging from several ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Crawfish prices in Louisiana, boiled and live, are sky-high, selling for up to $13 per pound. Congressman Clay Higgins (R-La.) is requesting federal assistance for the ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana crawfish producers, beware. A deadly virus is threatening the industry, state aquaculture specialists said. Mark Shirley, of the LSU Agriculture Center, said the virus — ...

HOUSTON — Seafood lovers here in the South are facing a big problem. There's a serious shortage of crawfish and that's driving the price up. Now, the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry is ...