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Daisy Edgar-Jones, left, and Taylor John Smith in a scene from “Where the Crawdads Sing.” The book and movie are set in North Carolina, though the movie was filmed in Louisiana.
Procambarus clarkii, known variously as the red swamp crayfish, Louisiana crawfish or mudbug, [3] is a species of cambarid crayfish native to freshwater bodies of northern Mexico, and southern and southeastern United States, but also introduced elsewhere (both in North America and other continents), where it is often an invasive pest.
Some kinds of crayfish are known locally as lobsters, [4] crawdads, [5] mudbugs, [5] and yabbies. In the Eastern United States, "crayfish" is more common in the north, while "crawdad" is heard more in central and southwestern regions, and "crawfish" farther south, although considerable overlaps exist. [6] The study of crayfish is called ...
In Houston, Texas, a regional style of Vietnamese-Cajun crawfish has developed. [16] [17] The Cherokee have a long tradition of catching crawdads by gigging. The crawdads are cleaned, then soaked, "in hot water with about one tablespoon of salt." The crawdads are lightly breaded with cornmeal before frying, and seasoned with salt and pepper. [18]
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In 1990, Louisiana produced 90% of the crawfish in the world and consumed 70% of it locally, [13] but by 2003, Asian farms and fisheries produced more, outpacing American production rapidly. By 2018, P. clarkii crawfish production in the Americas represented just 4% of total global P. clarkii supply. [14]
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