The Local Crawfish Market has had a Rollercoaster of a 2020 Season
By Maria Marsh
225 Magazine
The Louisiana crawfish industry and local restaurants have taken a beating this year.
The COVID-19 pandemic froze dining in at restaurants for weeks, and it’s also meant locals were less likely to throw crawfish boil gatherings for friends and family. And that increased supply and decreased demand left many farmers with little choice other than to dry their fields and turn to rice production.