Pros And Cons Of Wild Crawfish
Farmed Crawfish vs Wild Crawfish
You may have wondered where the mudbugs for your boil came from. Nearly all of the live crawfish sold in the U.S. come from Louisiana, and begin life in the wild or on a farm. Market demand for crawfish in the U.S. of any kind originated in southwest Louisiana with the French Acadian settlers. As more Americans were exposed to the crawdad experience, demand elsewhere increased. This demand led to more productive ways than catching and trapping them in the wild, thus crawfish farming evolved (Farmed Crawfish).
Farmed Crawfish or Wild Crawfish?
So, which ones taste better, wild caught or farm-raised? Is there a price difference? What about environmental impact? And finally, can I relate the issue of wild versus farmed crawfish with other types of seafood?
Using the salmon industry as an example, the pros and cons of wild and farmed are easily understood. The market presence of salmon increased dramatically after studies revealed that foods rich in Omega-3 fatty acids were heart healthy. Wild salmon populations were in decline long before the public awareness of these health benefits, due to hydroelectric damming projects along rivers, in addition to environmental pollution in their habitat. As a result of supply and …show more content…
A thriving economy based on pollutant prone petrochemicals led to a further loss of freshwater wetlands as transport and access canals were dredged, causing salt water intrusion. While older, larger crawfish can tolerate low salinity levels, the smaller younger populations do not survive, thus breaking the reproductive cycle. These pressures led to a sharp decline in commercially available crawfish taken from the wild. In the 2005 crawfish season, less than ten percent of the total 82 million pound harvest, originated as wild
You may have wondered where the mudbugs for your boil came from. Nearly all of the live crawfish sold in the U.S. come from Louisiana, and begin life in the wild or on a farm. Market demand for crawfish in the U.S. of any kind originated in southwest Louisiana with the French Acadian settlers. As more Americans were exposed to the crawdad experience, demand elsewhere increased. This demand led to more productive ways than catching and trapping them in the wild, thus crawfish farming evolved (Farmed Crawfish).
Farmed Crawfish or Wild Crawfish?
So, which ones taste better, wild caught or farm-raised? Is there a price difference? What about environmental impact? And finally, can I relate the issue of wild versus farmed crawfish with other types of seafood?
Using the salmon industry as an example, the pros and cons of wild and farmed are easily understood. The market presence of salmon increased dramatically after studies revealed that foods rich in Omega-3 fatty acids were heart healthy. Wild salmon populations were in decline long before the public awareness of these health benefits, due to hydroelectric damming projects along rivers, in addition to environmental pollution in their habitat. As a result of supply and …show more content…
A thriving economy based on pollutant prone petrochemicals led to a further loss of freshwater wetlands as transport and access canals were dredged, causing salt water intrusion. While older, larger crawfish can tolerate low salinity levels, the smaller younger populations do not survive, thus breaking the reproductive cycle. These pressures led to a sharp decline in commercially available crawfish taken from the wild. In the 2005 crawfish season, less than ten percent of the total 82 million pound harvest, originated as wild