Crawfish farming is a primitive form of aquaculture. Since 1950s, farmers in Louisiana have raised crawfish commercially. They commonly grow red swamp crawfish Procambarus clarkii and white river crawfish Procambarus zonangulus. Most crawfish are cultivated in rice fields, in which they emerge their ...
Crawfish prices have varied greatly over the period, ranging from $0.50/lb in 1993 to $1.75/lb in 2000. Production practices used by Louisiana crawfish producers are highly variable, creating challenges for estimating representative production cost estimates....