For Texas rice farmers determined to hang onto their land, crawfish offer clear benefits. Omnivores and swamp creatures at heart, mudbugs thrive in the low, warm, plant-filled waters of rice paddies.

Warm weather is shaping this year’s crawfish season, with a local farmer saying strong production and steady demand are ...

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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. (AP) — It’s not that easy to catch crawfish in Lake Tahoe. Turns out, it may be harder to keep them. Tahoe Lobster Co. owner Fred Jackson says someone’s been stealing his traps ...

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited two Louisiana men for alleged crab trap violations on May 21 in St. Mary and Terrebonne Parishes.Agents cited Nathan Adams, 23, ...

On a cool, clear January morning, LSU AgCenter Crawfish Specialist Mark Shirley and Vermilion Parish crawfish farmer Adla Stelly go from pond to pond, looking for crawfish. This is what they find: ...

The cost of crawfish is so high this year it's like highway robbery. According to agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, that's a price a Crowley man just wasn't willing to ...

A Rapides Parish man was arrested Sunday and accused of stealing roughly 500 pounds of crawfish from a local farmer's traps in late April, according to the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office.

Crawfish eggs start to hatch in late August and the hatchlings cling to the tail of their mother for several weeks while she stays in her burrow. When a heavy rainfall happens, crawfish go out into ...

This time of year is about to get busy for crawfish farmers and shops, as carnivorous Catholic Louisianians swap red meat for seafood on Fridays during the 40 days of Lent.

Festival goers eat crawfish during the first day of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana, in this April 25, 2014, file photo. It is nearing peak harvesting season for ...