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2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 34
BY REPRESENTATIVE LORUSSO
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To recognize the month of April as Louisiana Crawfish Awareness Month.
WHEREAS, for more than four hundred years, fishermen have been harvesting the
bounty of seafood in the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana's inland waterways; and
WHEREAS, one out of every seventy jobs in Louisiana is related to the seafood
industry, which has an economic impact of over $2.4 billion annually for the state of
Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana has over one thousand crawfish farmers and more than eight
hundred commercial fishermen who catch wild crawfish; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana leads the nation, producing more than ninety percent of the
domestic crop of crawfish; and
WHEREAS, the annual yield of crawfish harvested each year in Louisiana ranges
from 120 million pounds to 150 million pounds, and the annual economic impact of crawfish
is more than 300 million dollars; and
WHEREAS, crawfish farming in Louisiana has developed into the largest freshwater
crustacean aquaculture industry in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana crawfish is most abundant during the spring, and boiled
crawfish is a Cajun tradition that honors Louisiana's Cajun French heritage; and
WHEREAS, crawfish and seafood have a strong economic and cultural role in the
lives of Louisianans, and this role is typified by family owned restaurants in Louisiana, such
as Deanie's Seafood Restaurants and Seafood Market, where Louisiana's culture of strong
family and community ties combines with culinary heritage and traditions; and
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WHEREAS, it is appropriate to recognize the month of April as Louisiana Crawfish
Awareness Month to raise awareness to the importance of the crawfish industry, to recognize
the fishermen of Louisiana, and to celebrate Louisiana's Cajun French heritage.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
recognize the month of April as Louisiana Crawfish Awareness Month; does hereby
recognize and commend the farmers and fishermen who make this industry possible; and
does hereby celebrate Louisiana crawfish as an integral part of the economy and culture of
the state.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the owner of Deanie's Seafood Restaurants and Seafood Market.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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