March 8, 2025 โ The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded nearly USD 47.5 million (EUR 43.8 million) worth of Alaska pollock contracts to seafood processors Trident Seafoods and Channel Fish Processing.
Additionally, the agency has awarded USD 29.3 million (EUR 27 million) in domestic catfish contracts destined for federal nutrition programs and USD 24.7 million (EUR 22.8 million) to several Louisiana-based seafood processors to supply U.S. shrimp.
September 13, 2024 โ Nine individuals are facing charges concerning illegal commercial catfish activity in multiple U.S. states, including Kentucky and Alabama.
In a Facebook post, Kentucky Fish and Wildlife wrote that game warden Cody Fox and other law enforcement officials, including the divisionโs Special Investigations Unit, began investigating illegal commercial catfishing activity at the stateโs Barren River Lake and Green Valley Pay Lake in early 2024.
November 28, 2023 โ The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to purchase more than 800,000 pounds of catfish products, according to a new solicitation.
The department is planning to buy 342,000 pounds of unbreaded, raw catfish fillets and 462,000 pounds of oven-ready, breaded catfish strips for domestic food distribution programs.
July 25, 2023 โ U.S. catfish production is down year-on-year in terms of fish numbers, but up in terms of weight, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The report, released by the USDAโs National Agricultural Statistics Service, indicates the water surface acres used for catfish production and the foodsize inventory of catfish in the three major producing states โ Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi โ are both down. However, live-weight statistics indicate that despite having fewer fish in the water, the overall weight of the fish is up.
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