Al Scramuzza, the flamboyant seafood pioneer known as the “Crawfish King” who helped make the mudbug a staple of Louisiana cuisine, died Sunday at his home in Metairie after a brief illness. He was 97.
Scramuzza was the founder of Seafood City, a sprawling seafood market that once took up an entire city block on North Broad Street in Mid-City and became one of the largest seafood operations in the Gulf South.
Read MoreMark Shirley, a Louisiana Sea Grant and LSU AgCenter marine extension agent, retired in March after 41 years of service. He is known for many things during his career, but most notably, he developed Marsh Maneuvers — established in 1989 as an immersive education program for 4-H students to experience Louisiana's coast. The program motivates students toward studying coastal ecology and biological sciences.
Read More“Why risk a life over a few crawfish?”
Recent rainfall has overflowed some crawfish ponds, sending the mudbugs into ditches and onto roads. It’s also brought some people to go out hunting for them.
Read MoreU.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced the CRAWDAD Act to support Louisiana crawfish producers through severe weather challenges by making them eligible for Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) funding on a permanent basis, ensuring that they have access to the emergency support they need without bureaucratic delays. The bill would also classify a drought as a weather event that the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture could declare as an emergency.
Read MoreSen. John Kennedy (R-La), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today reintroduced the Crawfish Recovery Assistance from Weather Disasters and Droughts (CRAWDAD) Act. The bill would support Louisiana crawfish jobs when severe weather puts strain on the industry.
Read MoreApple snails are popping back up around the state as the weather starts to get warmer, and entomologists say they pose a bigger threat this year.
Read MoreThe 2025 Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival has officially come to a close — but not without one last celebration of Cajun culture, crawfish creativity, and community spirit.
Read MoreNow is the time to get your crawfish, as average prices for live and boiled crawfish are at the lowest they have been all season, The Crawfish App reported Friday.
The cost of live crawfish is around $2.60 per pound, while boiled crawfish dropped around 10 cents to $4.89 per pound for the first weekend of May.
Read MoreAmid growing concerns nationwide over seafood fraud, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has emerged as a rare bright spot in the murky world of shrimp sourcing.
A new round of genetic testing found that nearly every shrimp dish sold at this year's Jazz Fest was made with genuine U.S. wild-caught shrimp from the Gulf — a striking contrast to most restaurants across the South.
Read MoreCrawfish are everywhere these days, and one man traveling along a roadway in south Louisiana was shocked to see so many crawfish on the roadway.
Adam Viator posted the photos you can see here, and crawfish were everywhere on the road in Welsh, Louisiana.
Read MoreThe fifth annual South Franklin Catfish Festival is on May 3.
Festival Chair Elliot Britt said attendees can expect to see a variety of vendors.
“We have had fantastic vendors over the years, and they always comment about what a great atmosphere we enjoy at our festival,” said Britt.
Read MoreBurt Tietje is a third-generation Louisiana rice farmer, who now spends half of his time harvesting crawfish.
The German grain farmers who settled in Jefferson Davis Parish discovered that crawfish and rice are a great combination, not only in a bowl of etouffee, but also on the farm. At Tietje’s Tallgrass Farm in Roanoke, nearly half the acreage is now used for crawfish.
Read MoreLouisiana’s commercial fishing families have long been the backbone of the state’s working coast. From shrimp docks in Terrebonne to oyster reefs in Plaquemines, Louisiana’s fishermen are vital to the state’s economy and the nation’s seafood supply. Now, a national push to reduce unnecessary regulations in the fishing industry offers a turning point for Louisiana’s shrimpers and other local fleets burdened by outdated, one-size-fits-all rules.
Read MoreThe third annual City of Lights Crawfish cook-off is returning to Natchitoches.
To join the competition, the cost is $400 per team, which includes six team wristbands. Crawfish will be supplied for all teams. Guests can pay $30 on the day of entry for all-you-can-eat crawfish or pay $25 for early bird entry. All proceeds will be given to the local St. Vincent de Paul Society.
Read MoreOyster farmers in Grand Isle will start branding their oysters as "Grand Isle Jewels," a moniker they hope can spark new demand for their briny hauls.
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