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BREAUX BRIDGE, La. - Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser, along with the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board, granted an official pardon to Sherbin the Crawfish during the 8th Annual Pardoning
Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser, who created the event in 2017, joined members of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board for the event at Parc Des Ponts Breaux along Bayou Teche.
Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser, who created the event in 2017, joined members of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board for the event at Parc Des Ponts Breaux along Bayou Teche.
Tim Angelette of Seafood Outlet in Thibodaux says he has never seen crawfish prices this high. The combination of the late hurricanes devastating the western part of the state – home to lots of crawfish farms – and a few days of temperatures in the 30s has the price of mudbugs locally anywhere from $4 to $4.50 a pound live and $6.50 to $8.50 a pound boiled. “I have sold crawfish for 37 years, been in business since 1984, and this is the highest prices I have ever seen for crawfish in my life,” Angelette said. “The prices have dropped some, but you can never predict the craw...