Crayfish, Crawdads, and CrawfishPreliminary Observations of Incidental Aquaculture in California's Rice Paddies

Scott Brady California State University-Chico

Rice production is concentrated on a 10-14 inch thick, impermeable clay soil layer called the Stockton Clay Adobe. This soils impermeability makes paddy rice production possible. The rice growing region experiences a Mediterranean climate. Rice is planted in April and May and harvested between September and October.

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Crawfish Aquaculture Marketing. Southern Regional Aquaculture Center. Publication No. 2402. Robert P. Romaire, W. Ray McClain, Mark G. Shirley and C. Greg Lutz. P. 1 Accessed at: http://www.ca.uky.edu/wkrec/CrawfishMarketing.pdf

FAO. 2007-2009. - . Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme. Text by McAlain, W.R.; Romaire R.P. In: FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department [online]. Rome. Updated 11 May 2007. [Cited 28 April 2009]. http://www.fao.org/fishery/culturedspecies/Procambarus_clarkii/en

Louisiana Crawfish Production Manual, p. 11 (PDF) Accessed at: http://www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/3AD14F0D-567D-4334-B572D55D1C55A1F1/34429/pub2637CrawfishProductionManualLOWRES.pdf

Harvest in a rice-crawfish paddy near Mamou, Louisiana. February 2005.

Crawfish Aquaculture Marketing. Southern Regional Aquaculture Center. Publication No. 2402. Robert P. Romaire, W. Ray McClain, Mark G. Shirley and C. Greg Lutz. P. 2 Accessed at: http://www.ca.uky.edu/wkrec/CrawfishMarketing.pdf

Monte Carlos trunk doubles as an ice chest 4 miles south of Hamilton City, CA. September 2004.

Poster created by CSU-Chico geography student, Danny Blake, for senior thesis. May 2007

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Biological Invasions 2: 259264, 2000. The invasion of the alien crayfish Procambarus clarkii in Europe, with particular reference to Italy. Silvia Barbaresi & Francesca Gherardi

Geographic expansion of the invasive red crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) (Crustacea: Decapoda) in Mexico. Biological Invasions (2008) 10:977984. Luis Hernandez Alejandro M. MaedaMartnez Gorgonio Ruiz-Campos Gabino Rodrguez-Almaraz Fernando Alonzo-Rojo Juan Carlos Sainz

Barriers and flow as limiting factors in the spread of an invasive crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in southern California streams. Jacob L. Kerby, Seth P.D. Riley, Lee B. Kats, Paul Wilson. Biological Conservation 126 (2005) 402409

DeWitt, Mark F. 2008. Cajun and Zydeco Dance Music in Northern California: modern pleasures in a postmodern world. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.

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