Mike Clay has been crawfishing from a 45-acre crawfish pond since 1985. “We start fishing normally around December, depends when the crawfish ready to be harvested and we go till the end of may ...

Pinch, twist, pull is a way of life for Louisianans every spring as families and friends gather around the table to share a southern seafood delicacy— crawfish. Usually by Easter, the little red ...

Once responsible for the vast majority of the crawfish that came to market, basin crawfishers now are more of a wild card, as crawfish raised on flooded rice and soybean farms now make up more than 80 ...

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - It's a time of year many of us love down here in south Louisiana, crawfish season, but is it changing? What are the farmers and the retailers seeing? For that matter, what are ...

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 ...

Congressmen Cleo Fields (D-Baton Rouge) and Clay Higgins (R-Lafayette) have introduced a proposed amendment to the ...

HOUMA — Floodwaters flushing the Atachafalaya Basin could be a blessing for crawfish lovers left disappointed by this spring’s scarce and pricey crawfish. Though flooding from the Morganza Spillway is ...

BAYOU SORREL, LA (WAFB) - When some fishermen heard the Atchafalaya Basin could be closed to commercial fishing because of rising water, they made plans to protest at the Louisiana State Capitol this ...

Several Louisiana organizations have joined together to form The Atchafalaya Basin Coalition, and are asking the governor for representation on the newly-formed task force. The Coalition consists of ...