Crawfish prices at Lotus Seafood drop to $9/lb

In a crawfish season plagued by high prices driven by low supply and high demand, Lotus Seafood has been working to bring customers crawfish for less than $10 compared to $14/lb. average price around town.

Louisiana declares disaster as crawfish shortage hits hard

Amid a crawfish shortage in Louisiana, the nation’s top producer of the crustaceans that are a staple in Gulf Coast seafood boils, Gov. Jeff Landry issued a disaster declaration for the impacted industry Wednesday.