VERMILION PARISH — Freezing temperatures across the region are having an impact on crawfish ponds, making it more difficult for fishermen to catch their haul. As a result, higher prices could be on ...

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: ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana crawfish producers, beware. A deadly virus is threatening the industry, state aquaculture specialists said. Mark Shirley, of the LSU Agriculture Center, said the virus — ...

Christopher Bonvillain knows crawfish. An associate professor at Nicholls State University, he works in one of Louisiana's only aquatic ecology and astacology Labs. Astacology is the study of crawfish ...