HLS 15RS-760 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 34
BY REPRESENTATIVE LORUSSO
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes April as Louisiana Crawfish Month
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To recognize the month of April as Louisiana Crawfish Awareness Month.
3 WHEREAS, for more than four hundred years, fishermen have been harvesting the
4bounty of seafood in the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana's inland waterways; and
5 WHEREAS, one out of every seventy jobs in Louisiana is related to the seafood
6industry, which has an economic impact of over $2.4 billion annually for the state of
7Louisiana; and
8 WHEREAS, Louisiana has over one thousand crawfish farmers and more than eight
9hundred commercial fishermen who catch wild crawfish; and
10 WHEREAS, Louisiana leads the nation, producing more than ninety percent of the
11domestic crop of crawfish; and
12 WHEREAS, the annual yield of crawfish harvested each year in Louisiana ranges
13from 120 million pounds to 150 million pounds, and the annual economic impact of crawfish
14is more than 300 million dollars; and
15 WHEREAS, crawfish farming in Louisiana has developed into the largest freshwater
16crustacean aquaculture industry in the United States; and
17 WHEREAS, Louisiana crawfish is most abundant during the spring, and boiled
18crawfish is a Cajun tradition that honors Louisiana's Cajun French heritage; and
19 WHEREAS, crawfish and seafood have a strong economic and cultural role in the
20lives of Louisianans, and this role is typified by family owned restaurants in Louisiana, such
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1as Deanie's Seafood Restaurants and Seafood Market, where Louisiana's culture of strong
2family and community ties combines with culinary heritage and traditions; and
3 WHEREAS, it is appropriate to recognize the month of April as Louisiana Crawfish
4Awareness Month to raise awareness to the importance of the crawfish industry, to recognize
5the fishermen of Louisiana, and to celebrate Louisiana's Cajun French heritage.
6 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
7recognize the month of April as Louisiana Crawfish Awareness Month; does hereby
8recognize and commend the farmers and fishermen who make this industry possible; and
9does hereby celebrate Louisiana crawfish as an integral part of the economy and culture of
10the state.
11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
12to the owner of Deanie's Seafood Restaurants and Seafood Market.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 34 Original 2015 Regular Session Lorusso
Recognizes April as La. Crawfish Awareness Month.
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