Apple Snail Boom: Numbers Up From Last Summer's Drought

By Georgia Peck

WAFB-TV 9

The invasive apple snail is popping up all over south Louisiana, causing problems for crawfish and their producers.

“We’ve had a number of crawfish ponds in the past three years that have had to be drained very early in the season because they can’t be fished profitably,” LSU Department of Entomology Associate Professor Blake Wilson said.

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