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Crawfish Production Systems
Crawfish Production Systems

Methods used for crawfish aquaculture involve little more than limited control of the environmental conditions under which these animals evolved. Farming practices are based on the annual water cycles and conditions to which these crawfish have become adapted over millions of years. This document is Chapter 3 in the Louisiana Crawfish Production Manual.

Crawfish Production: Production Systems and Forages
Crawfish Production Systems and Forages

Crawfish aquaculture relies on control of pond hydrology to simulate optimal wet and dry conditions occurring in natural riverine and wetland habitats. Crawfish grow and mature during the wet or flooded cycle and survive the dry periods by digging burrows.