Move over Louisiana

[Jenise]

People are making a living catching fresh wild crawfish in Washington state!

https://www.heraldnet.com/food-and-drin ... XqLcQTq3gs

Interesting. We have crawfish here in New England, but I don't know of anyone catching them commercially. All the effort is on their larger, sea-dwelling cousins (lobstahs).

-Paul W.

They are farming them on Vancouver Island.

https://www.aquaculturenorthamerica.com ... n-bc-1964/

[Jenise]

Interesting! And it's an indigenous type of the island, as well.

Up here we call them crayfish. Other areas say 'crawfish' or 'crawdads' - for some reason the different pronunciation took hold largely in the U.S.

'Crayfish' is the most common spelling and pronunciation here in New England. 'Crawfish' is the Louisiana spelling, and Paul Prudhomme was most emphatic in his books that it is the only correct one.

-Paul W.