Beginning at 8 a.m. April 19, 2022, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will be opening its online ordering portal to provide the oyster industry with hatchery-reared oyster larvae produced at the Michael C. Voisin Oyster Hatchery.
Read MoreDeputies caught a LaPlace man red-handed stealing crawfish from a pond in Vacherie, the St. James Parish Sheriff's Office said.
Read MoreSea Grant’s mission is to enhance the practical use and conservation of coastal and marine resources in order to create a sustainable economy and environment. With four hurricanes in two years, Julie Lively, the executive director of Louisiana Sea Grant at LSU, has had to balance the organizational mission with that of assisting the state’s seafood community’s recovery from the storms.
Read MoreProtecting the Louisiana crawfish industry from overseas producers - that’s the goal of Senator Bill Cassidy’s proposal that includes more than $10 million for crawfish producers. We spoke to a crawfish farmer about how this bill would impact him, and others in the state.
Read MoreGrand Isle aquaculture oysterman Scott Mauer can attest that even the best-laid plans to avoid disaster often go astray. As Hurricane Ida approached Louisiana, his seed-oyster business partner Steve Pollock and him evacuated more than ten million larva to Texas A&M University, and stored another twenty million at the LSU Sea Grant hatchery on the island.
Read MoreIs there anything better than a down-home Louisiana crawfish boil with friends and family? It's a part of the very fabric of our culture! For that reason alone, it should be illegal for crawfish to come from anywhere else.
A bipartisan bill from U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy is aiming to put some money in the pockets of Louisiana's crawfish farmers who were hurt by China's "dumping" of under-priced crawfish.
Read MoreAs a child Margot Babin would join her eight siblings harvesting crawfish from their parents rice fields. Her parents Marin and Joanna Durand started the family rice and crawfish business in 1969.
Read MoreFour hurricanes and two tropical storms later, hard hit areas of Louisiana will be the recipient of an unexpected $1.7 billion in federal hurricane relief dollars.
Read MoreSigns of life are returning along Bayou Barataria. Crab boats laden with traps navigate the waterway, careful to avoid unseen debris.
Read MoreIt’s crawfish season in Louisiana. Though most locals love a good crawfish boil, we know there are plenty of ways to enjoy the crustacean that don’t require picking and peeling tails. If you want to enjoy crawfish without getting your hands dirty, Baton Rouge restaurants have you covered.
Read MoreTrapped between Bayou Barataria and The Pen, a lake known for great sport fishing, the docks of Chris Seafood have for more than 50-years been filled with crab boats hugging its piers. That was until Hurricane Ida changed everything for owner Chris Ronquille.
Read MorePermanent and temporary closures of oyster harvesting areas by the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife (TDPW) have brought protests by oyster fishermen and contributing to the shortage of Gulf oysters, as well as high prices. The department said the move was due to a variety of environmental concerns.
Read MoreStanding on the porch of the tribal community center six months after Hurricane Ida pummeled his community, Donald Dardar still chokes-up as he remembers seeing the remains of his village for the first time. The area, home to a fishing community of more than 800 Point-au-Chien Native Americans, endured some of the hurricane’s worst destruction leaving in its path unanswered questions on whether to rebuild in an area that is ground zero for the climate crisis.
Read MoreA food truck in Berlin called Holycrab! has a solution. Its slogan - if you can't beat them, eat them. The chefs started out serving Louisiana crawfish. It's an invasive species in Berlin, but with some Cajun spices - delicious.
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