By Marie Elizabeth Oliver
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
The crawfish industry annually contributes more than $300 million to Louisiana’s economy. A research study at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is proving it could also help control invasive carp in Louisiana rivers.
Dr. Kelly Robinson and Dr. Emily Kane from the School of Biological Sciences in the Ray P. Authement College of Sciences join La Louisiane podcast to discuss their research, funded by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, that tests the effectiveness of invasive carp as crawfish bait. The project, conducted in partnership with UL Lafayette Graduate School students and Nicholls State University, could incentivize large-scale harvest of invasive carp by commercial fishermen.