Like many other southerners, the beginnings of springtime brings a lot more than just pollen and love-bugs; it’s the beginning of crawfish season!
Crawfish season, for some, is the best season of the year!
Southerners take full advantage of crawfish boils; expect your aunties, uncles, cousins, grandmas, grandpas and everything in between to be there, helping celebrate the joys of life and seafood.
Despite “the good times rolling” and summer creeping up on us, COVID-19 is to blame for the crawfish industry hurting so badly this season.
The closure of restaurants and cancelling of events have left fisherman’s crawfish findings with nowhere to go.
Additionally, crawfish is sold in bulk to feed giant parties of people, which is something that is not a possibility right now given the need to social distance.
Crawfish producers have complained of the season practically being over. Only about 10%-15% of their catchings were being sold.
Ultimately, the crawfish industry is not alone in the feeling the negative impacts that come with a pandemic.
Although it’s disheartening, the wait will only make the crawfish spicier for next season.
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