We don't share the same seasons as the rest of the world here in Louisiana; crawfish season being one of them. Time is running out to get the last sacks for the season says Louisiana Ag Commissioner, Mike Strain.
“It’s starting to wind down. A number of the farmers have stopped fishing.”
And it is an early pull of the plug for the season, but that is not without reason. Commissioner Strain says that farmers would normally reserve some of their catch to repopulate the crawfish beds and there just isn’t enough to do so.
“Most ponds were fished very hard,” he told WWL's Tommy Tucker.
That was due to farmers having to dig deep to even meet the demand of the season.
Many are already looking ahead to next season. However, Strain says we need to be very patient as recovery for the industry is a few years off.
“When you look at next year, we just won’t have a full restock. I think we get back to predrought population in the next two to three years. That’s more realistic.”