Crawfish Laborer

Crawfish Laborer at St. Mary Seafood, Inc. in Franklin, LA.

Crawfishing involves manually cutting up fish bait, boxing bait, baiting traps, operating motorized/pushing crawfish boats, traps are removed from the pond, crawfish are emptied onto tray, sorted, and placed into sacks; traps are re-baited and put back into pond, stock crawfish ponds; set out and pick up crawfish traps; remove trash and other matter from harvested crawfish; frequent stooping and lifting traps from pond, repair crawfish traps as needed, weigh and tag crawfish, wash and grade crawfish, load crawfish in trucks to deliver to markets/customers, load and unload trucks. Help repair and maintain farm equipment, shop, fields, levees, and farm roads, water maintenance. Cleaning and treating of the seed rice for planting; Drive tractor, prepare fields for flooding/crawfish, plow fields, planting rice crop.

Work begins December 1, 2026 and ends September 30, 2027.

Pay is $10.42 per hour.

Housing is provided.

Typical schedule: about 40 hours per week.