www.Parctel.com: Crayfish, cooked, braaied, and in salad – crayfish on my mind, crayfish in my heart, crayfish on my plate! Eet Kreef! Celebrate South Africa's West Coast Rock Lobster at the Lambert’s Bay Crayfish and Cultural Festival from 22 – 25 March.
Sharpen your spear-gun, win a prize for the biggest crayfish or the largest edible fish shot on the day. Scratch out that tail and steam up some energy for the Crayfish Half Marathon. Kick back and relax with Bobbie van Jaarsveldt, Ollie the Clown, Broers, Ray Dylan and many other top class local artists!
The festival kicks off on Thursday, 22 March, with the opening of the bar … do we need to say more?
No better place to celebrate the maritime delicacy than on the West Coast, land of sun-faded signboards, weathered fishermen, and of sermons washed down with fiery drank. The local crayfishing industry earns millions each year, and export factories are part of the landscape of Saldanha, St Helena Bay, Elands Bay, Doring Bay and Lamberts Bay.
All funds raised during the festival will be ploughed back into the community to enable certain identified organisations, institutions and programmes to improve the lives of underprivileged residents in the community.
Did you know?
* Crayfish which goes by the fancy Latin name of Jasus Lalandii can reach an age of 40 years.
* Until 1953, our local kreef was knows as Crawfish or Spiny Lobster – until Parliament amended the Crawfish Act of 1940 by the substitution for the name.
* At 7 years of age, a female crayfish produces about 200’000 eggs of which only 1% reach maturity.
* Female crayfish may take up to 20 years to reach a catch-able size.
* In the previous centuries, fishermen regarded crayfish as a pest and would toss them overboard when caught in their nets.
* Wagon loads of dead crayfish used to be collected and sold to farmers as fertilizer.
Lambert’s Bay Crayfish and Cultural Festival from 22 – 25 March
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