BATON ROUGE – The Lenten season starts today. Fish on Fridays is a decades-old tradition. Harlon Pearce, Chairman of the Gulf Seafood Institute, says there should be no shortage of options for seafood lovers, especially if you enjoy crawfish.
“We are going to see a real good crawfish crop this year, as the weather warms up I think you are going to see a good supply and prices should normalize really quickly here,” said Pearce.
Pearce says the supply of oysters remains low as a result of damage to oyster beds from Hurricane Ida, but there is a lot of shrimp around.
“The oysters are going to be a little slower than normal this year, shrimp should be okay, one of my friends in Grand Isle had one of his biggest January he’s ever had in shrimp,” said Pearce.
Pearce says there should be plenty of finfish available during Lent, including black drum and of course, Louisiana wild catfish.
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