Crawfish Promotion and Research Board

Developing markets and funding research to further the Louisiana crawfish industry.

The Louisiana Crawfish Promotion and Research Board was created in 1983 by the Louisiana legislature to provide a voluntary method of raising revenues to be used for the purpose of developing markets for crawfish and for funding research to further the Louisiana crawfish industry. R.S. 3:556.1-556.14, LAC 7:V.Ch. 25

Our producers have a quality inspection process that ensures Louisiana crawfish meet high standards of quality and safety—for better taste and better nutritional value. 

Go to  our page with the Louisiana Division of Administration  to see members, read meeting minutes, and more.

Meetings

Members

• 13 members appointed by the commissioner of agriculture and forestry. 

• One member who is engaged in crawfish farming east of the Atchafalaya River appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Crawfish Farmers Association.  

• One member who is engaged in crawfish farming west of the Atchafalaya River and south of US HWY 190 appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Crawfish Farmers Association.  

• One member who is engaged in crawfish farming north of U.S. Highway 190 appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Crawfish Farmers Association. However, if no member north of U.S. Highway 190 is available, the commissioner shall appoint the member from the state-at-large. 

• Three members engaged in harvesting wild crawfish. 

• Three members who are engaged in crawfish farming or crawfish harvesting appointed from a list of six persons nominated by the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation.  

• One member who is engaged in the crawfish industry appointed from a list of three persons nominated by an owner or operator of a facility which produces or sells artificial crawfish bait. 

• One member who is an owner or operator of a facility which processes crawfish. 

• One member appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Restaurant Association. 

• One member appointed who owns or operates a retail crawfish-seafood facility, appointed from the state at large. 

Funding

One-quarter of one cent per pound on all artificial crawfish bait sold in this state.  

An assessment on each bag used to package live crawfish in the amount of one cent for each bag holding less than twenty-five pounds of crawfish, and the cents for each bag holding twenty-five pounds or more of crawfish.  

These assessments are ultimately paid by the crawfish farmers and harvesters who purchase the artificial bait and purchase the bags.  An assessment of one cent per pound of all crawfish tail meat sold in this state and is paid by the producer or distributor doing business in Louisiana.  

Related links

• Local crawfish