Coronavirus undercutting Louisiana crawfish industry, despite long drive-thru lines
By Tim Boone
The Advocate
Louisiana’s crawfish industry is taking a devastating hit from the shutdown of dine-in restaurants and lack of backyard crawfish boils as efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic escalate.
“This past weekend was amazing, with St. Patrick’s Day, and people were feeling positive, but then the closure of dine-in restaurants hit,” said Laney King, who co-founded The Crawfish App, sponsored by Louisiana Fish Fry, which tracks prices for live and boiled crawfish.