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Photo	Names
Illustrations by Chris Van Dusen Images Courtesy of Seafood Business Magazine	Latin: Procambarus spp. French: Ecrevisse German: Flusskrebs Spanish: Camaron Russian: Amerikanskii rechnoi krab Japanese: Zarigani

Description

There are more than 300 know species of crawfish and they have been spotted on every continent except Africa. There are five commercially important species of crawfish: the red, river, signal, rusty, and northern crawfish. Crawfish are also called crayfish, crawdads, and mud bugs. Their meat and appearance is similar to that of lobster, although crawfish live in freshwater. Crawfish range in size between 7.5 and 25 cm (3 to 10 in), depending on the species and the location.

Markets	Commercial Aspects
Exporting Countries Culture: United States, Australia, China Capture: United States, Australia, Spain, China Primary Consumers Canada, Iceland, United States, Scandanavia	The U.S produces 60,000 metric tons of crawfish annually, with 90% of that coming from Louisiana.

Production Trends	Diet/Health Info
The U.S. supply of crawfish is expected to remain steady. Chinese crawfish imports into the United States are expected to decrease as a result of Chinese crawfish being illegally imported into the U.S. at less than fair market value.	-----

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