The crawfish industry annually contributes more than $300 million to Louisiana’s economy. A research study at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is proving it could also help control invasive carp in Louisiana rivers. Dr. Kelly Robinson and Dr. Emily Kane from the School of Biological Sciences in the Ray P. Authement College of Sciences join La Louisiane podcast to discuss their research, funded by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, that tests the effectiveness of invasive carp as crawfish bait.
The project, conducted in partnership with UL Lafayette graduate school students and Nichols State University, could incentivize large-scale harvest of invasive carp by commercial fishermen. Learn more by listening the conversation with La Louisiane managing editor Marie Elizabeth Oliver. You can also listen on KRVS or read an edited transcript here.
Check back next month for more discussions with members of our university community. KRVS is listener supported public radio for Acadiana, a service of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Video production: Kade Parker / University of Louisiana at Lafayette Audio production: Clint Domingue / KRVS Photo credit: Emily Kane / UL Lafayette Ray P. Authement College of Sciences
