A Rapides Parish man was arrested Sunday and accused of stealing roughly 500 pounds of crawfish from a local farmer's traps in late April, according to the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office.

Parish Seafood Wholesale processes 4 million pounds of crawfish every year. Founder Madison McIntyre told Business Insider the company made $500,000 in 2022. Crawfish generate $300 million a year for ...

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 ...

Crawfish lovers may be paying high prices this season, if they can even find the delicacy at all. Scarcity is being blamed on drought and other weather impacts, causing many seafood suppliers and ...

A 47-year-old man from the US town of Echo, Louisiana, was arrested last month following complaints from a local crawfish farmer who had his traps emptied overnight on multiple occasions, according to ...

Five Breaux Bridge men were cited this month by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents for alleged crawfish violations in Lafayette Parish. Hunter Herrington, 26, Damien ...

Crawfish season is here, yet some popular places like Louisiana – the largest crawfish producer in the country – are without the delicacy as restaurants and seafood suppliers are struggling to get ...

NEW ORLEANS - It is nearing peak harvesting season for Louisiana crawfish, but a shortage of migrants to peel them is hurting the industry, largely because of a fight over foreign guest workers that ...

ROANOKE, La. (WAFB) - Burt Tietje is a third generation Louisiana rice farmer who now spends half of his time harvesting crawfish. “We were a bunch of German grain farmers out here, but in 1970, we ...

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - It is nearing peak harvesting season for Louisiana crawfish, but a shortage of migrants to peel them is hurting the industry, largely because of a fight over foreign guest ...