Crayfish Farmers of Louisiana

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Dave Thier, In South Louisiana, Growing Rice to Trade On Some Creatures That Eat It. New York Times, Dec 6, 2012.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/0 ... crayfish-ponds.html

Quote:

"Louisiana is the nation’s largest producer by far, typically accounting for 90 percent of the total.

"Crayfish is one of the few ways people can still make money off small-scale aquaculture.

Note:
(a) Gueydan, Louisiana
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gueydan,_Louisiana
(a town of 1,598 at the 2000 census; in Vermilion Parish; founder  Jean Pierre Gueydan)
(b)
(i) crayfish. Online Etymology Dictionary, undated.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=crayfish
(ii) crayfish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayfish
(Crayfish feed on living and dead animals and plants)
(c) Atchafalaya Basin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atchafalaya_Basin
(the largest swamp in the United States; where the Atchafalaya River and the Gulf of Mexico converge)
(d) The report quotes a farmer as saying of crayfishing, "You make more money on the back end than the front end."

front and back ends
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_and_back_ends