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LSU students design ‘robotic arm’ to trap crawfish– could end the back-breaking work

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU Biological and ...
WDSU

Louisiana men cited for crab trap, crawfish theft

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, ...
The Advocate

Robotic arm designed by LSU students aims to automate strenuous work of crawfish harvesting

After countless summers pulling up traps on his family farm, which harvests 300,000 pounds of crawfish a day, David Vercher knows full well how unforgiving the work can be. Crawfishers operate boats ...

Giant snails and tiny insects threaten the South's rice and crawfish farms

Farmers in Louisiana are going toe-to-toe with some nasty enemies: apple snails that clog crawfish traps while laying ...
NOLA.com

Michigan crawfish invasion? Louisiana experts come to the rescue, and to feast

As Michigan grapples with a never-before-seen invasion of red swamp "crayfish" threatening cities' infrastructures and ecosystems, mudbug experts from Lafayette have organized a Cajun culture lesson ...