The Freshest Catch 39 Get to Know Louisiana’s Seafood Fun Facts Shrimp Louisiana leads all other states in shrimp landings (catches), with 102.5 million pounds of the crustaceans caught here annually. All of the crawfish grown in the U.S. — down to the last tail — is harvested in Louisiana. The Fests Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival , Morgan City Delcambre Shrimp Festival , Delcambre Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival , Breaux Bridge Mudbug Madness Shreveport Find It Here Dons’s Seafood, Lafayette The Chimes -Highland, Baton Rouge Trapp’s, West Monroe Crawfish Town USA, Henderson Crawdaddy’s Kitchen, Shreveport Fresh Catch Bistreaux at Broken Wheel Brewery Marksville Venice Marina, Venice Regatta Seafood & Steakhouse, Jennings Pat Gallagher’s 527 Restaurant & Bar, Mandeville Warehouse No. 1, Monroe Acme Oyster House, New Orleans Drago’s, Metairie The Blind Tiger, Shreveport La Petite Grocery, New Orleans Kenner Seafood, Kenner Prejean’s , Lafayette Steamboat Bill’s, Lake Charles Crawfish Fin Fish Almost half the catfish consumed in the U.S. comes from Louisiana, along with massive harvests of red snapper, tuna and drum. Most Gulf of Mexico oysters come from Louisiana waters, many of which are flown to fine dining restaurants throughout the U.S. Louisiana produces more than a quarter of all of these crustaceans that Americans consume. Louisiana Seafood Festival, New Orleans Louisiana Catfish Festival, Des Allemands Amite Oyster Festival, Amite New Orleans Oyster Festival, New Orleans Oyster Blue Crab St. Tammany Crab Festival, Slidell Arts & Crabs Fest , Lake Charles Alligator Louisiana has the nation’s highest alligator population, and is home to dozens of farms sustainably harvesting them. Alligator Festival, Luling Alligator Festival, Grand Chenier Learn more about Louisiana seafood by visiting LouisianaTravel.com/culinary #OnlyLouisiana @LouisianaTravel
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