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Crawfish Aquaculture Terminology
Crawfish Aquaculture Terminology

This glossary was developed to provide a better understanding of many of the terms used in the crawfish production manual. This document is the Glossary in the Louisiana Crawfish Production Manual.

Forages and Forage Management
Forages and Forage Management

Pond inundation, or flooding, begins the chain of events that establish the environment from which crawfish obtain most of their nutrients. Put simply, the forage crop serves as the fuel for a food web, with crawfish at the top of the food web. This document is Chapter 5 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 wet-land habitats. Crawfish grow and mature during the wet or flooded cycle and survive the dry periods by digging burrows.