まっただ中に Louisiana's crawfish 不足, 知事 問題／発行するs 災害 宣言
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - まっただ中に a crawfish 不足 in Louisiana, the nation´s 最高の，を越す 生産者 of the crustaceans that are a 中心的要素 in 湾 Coast seafood boils, Gov. Jeff Landry 問題／発行するd a 災害 宣言 for the 衝撃d 産業 Wednesday.
Last year´s 干ばつ, extreme heat, saltwater 侵入占拠 on the Mississippi River and a hard winter 凍結する in the Bayou 明言する／公表する have 荒廃させるd this year´s crawfish 収穫 and led to 重要な price 引き上げ（る）s for those 購入（する）ing "mudbugs." Landry says the 不足 is not only 影響する／感情ing Louisiana´s economy but also "our way of life."
"All 365,000 crawfish acres in Louisiana have been 影響する／感情d by these 条件s," Landry said in a written 声明 Wednesday. "That is why I am 問題／発行するing a 災害 宣言. The crawfish 産業 needs all the support it can get 権利 now."
Landry´s 災害 宣言, which is the 合法的な underpinning that 補助装置s in 安全な・保証するing 連邦の 資源s, comes すぐに after a request from Louisiana´s congressional 代表 捜し出すing to 打ち明ける 連邦の 援助（する） to help 農業者s 支援する in their home 明言する／公表する.
During a typical year, Louisiana 生成するs anywhere from 175 million to 200 million 続けざまに猛撃するs of crawfish - 与える／捧げるing $500 million to the 明言する／公表する´s economy 毎年, によれば the 知事´s office.
However, まっただ中に 厳しい 干ばつ in 2023 and extreme heat, typically one of the wettest 明言する／公表するs in the country saw some of its driest 条件s. As a result, the 天候 乾燥した，日照りのd out the 国／地域 where crawfish burrow to lay eggs.
FILE - Boiled crawfish 嘘（をつく） on 陳列する，発揮する at Kjean's Safood in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. まっただ中に a crawfish 不足 in Louisiana, the nation's 最高の，を越す 生産者 of the crustaceans that are a 中心的要素 in 湾 Coast seafood boils, Gov. Jeff Landry 問題／発行するd a 災害 宣言 for the 衝撃d 産業 Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, とじ込み／提出する)
The Louisiana 明言する／公表する University´s 農業 中心 見積（る）s the 可能性のある losses to the 明言する／公表する´s crawfish 産業 to be nearly $140 million.
"Louisiana´s crawfish 産業 is more than an 経済的な driver for our 明言する／公表する - it is a 深い part of our cultural 遺産," said マイク 緊張する, commissioner of the Louisiana Department of 農業 and 植林学.
Crawfish , which have been 収穫d commercially in the 明言する／公表する since at least the 1800s, are usually plentiful in Louisiana during the late winter and through the spring.
The tail meat, fresh or frozen, of the tiny lobster-like crustaceans are used in a variety of dishes, 含むing crawfish etouffee, gumbos and po-boys. But the most popular way to serve them is boiled with corn and potatoes and a variety of seasonings. Crawfish boils, which see 続けざまに猛撃するs of the freshly cooked crustaceans 注ぐd の上に communal （米）棚上げする／（英）提議するs, are popular during Carnival season and during Lent, when many in ひどく カトリック教徒 south Louisiana 捜し出す 代案／選択肢s to meat.
However, this year 緊張する said some Mardi Gras 祝賀s continued without chowing 負かす／撃墜する on crawfish, which were 不十分な and unaffordable for many.
Around this time last year, the cost for a 続けざまに猛撃する of boiled crawfish was between $3 to $5. Now, restaurants across the 明言する／公表する are selling them for $10 to $12 per 続けざまに猛撃する, as 報告（する）／憶測d by The 支持する.
In a letter last week to 部隊d 明言する／公表するs Department of 農業 長官 Tom Vilsack, 緊張する said: "For the first time in many years, 予定 to 支えるd 干ばつ in 2023 and 氷点の 気温s in 早期に 2024, crawfish are 簡単に unavailable."
FILE - Crawfish is caught, May 19, 2008, in the Bonnet Carre Spillway 近づく Norco, Louisiana. まっただ中に a crawfish 不足 in Louisiana, the nation's 最高の，を越す 生産者 of the crustaceans that are a 中心的要素 in 湾 Coast seafood boils, Gov. Jeff Landry 問題／発行するd a 災害 宣言 for the 衝撃d 産業 Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Tim Mueller, とじ込み／提出する)
