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• Crawfish Tracker: Some post-Mardi Gras relief

  March 4, 2022 4:21 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The capital area kicked off Lent with its first price dip of the 2022 crawfish season. The average price of boiled crawdads was down more than 30 cents, down to $5.79 per pound according to the WBRZ Crawfish Price Index. The cost for live crawfish also... more »

• Crawfish Tracker: Mudbugs are here, if you're willing to pay up

  February 18, 2022 3:13 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Another year, another pricey start to crawfish season. The price for boiled crawdads in the capital area is averaging around $6.14 by the pound, even more expensive than this same time last year . Live crawfish will set you back about $4.71 per pound on average.... more »

• Officials say shrimp season will open May 10 in remaining state outside waters

  May 5, 2021 6:19 AM

  The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced Tuesday that the portion of state outside waters between the Atchafalaya River Ship Channel at Eugene Island westward to the western shore of Freshwater Bayou Canal will reopen to shrimping Monday, May 10, at 6 a.m. See above or click... more »

• Gov. Edwards announces program to help Louisiana shrimpers

  October 13, 2020 11:14 AM

  On Monday, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the creation of a $250,000 program that will pay part of the cost shrimp fishermen will have to pay for mandated devices to protect sea turtles and other animals from getting trapped in their nets. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries... more »

• Authorities searching Lake Pontchartrain for missing boater

  July 17, 2020 1:02 PM

  ST. TAMMANY PARISH - Multiple agencies are working to find a person who went missing in Lake Pontchartrain Friday. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries, U.S. Coast Guard and family members are all looking for a missing boater. According to officials, William... more »

• LDWF to close fall shrimp season Friday

  January 23, 2018 7:58 AM

  BATON ROUGE-The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has announced that the fall shrimp season will close Friday at sunset. Waterways that will be closed to shrimping will include: -Chef Menteur and Rigolets Passes, Lake Borgne, Mississippi Sound, Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO), and a section of the... more »

• LDWF to close shrimp season in portions of state waters

  December 15, 2017 9:39 AM

  BATON ROUGE- The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has announced that the fall shrimp season will close in a portion on state inside waters. The closure will take effective Dec. 18 at sunset. Waters that will close to shrimping include: -All state inside waters from the... more »

• BRPD: Burglar steals $1000 in fresh seafood from restaurant

  May 13, 2017 6:29 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A man was was arrested Saturday after he broke into a restaurant and stole $1000 in seafood. Police say the break-in occurred at the Seafood Source of Louisiana on Beaumont Drive around 9:40 p.m. Friday night. According to BRPD, 47-year-old Jospeh Peters was arrested after he... more »