High Crawfish Prices Pinching Ash Wednesday Seafood Sales

By Maddie Kerth

WVUE

For seafood lovers in southern Louisiana, crawfish season comes with a special regimen.

“I come all the time. I come every day, sometimes twice a day,” Patrice Adams said with her order from Captain Sid’s in Metairie. “Normally, I buy between 5 and 10 (pounds).”

But at around $10 a pound, a usual order of 5-10 pounds quickly drops to 2 pounds.

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