Report reveals bleak US farm-raised catfish industry, but few bright spots
The acreage devoted to catfish farming in the US continued its steady decline in 2013 and is now down 62%, but ponds processed and producers income increased by 11% from 2012
Revealed Asian organism link in bacterium causing US farmed catfish epidemic
To date, disease outbreaks have been responsible for an estimated loss of more than $12m in catfish aquaculture operations in the southeastern US
Mazzetta: Catfish inspection program fight is not over
A bill to abolish a program the US Government Accountability Office identified as wasteful and duplicative is now making its way through congress despite its recent survival in the Farm Bill
Cuba’s Pescasan breaks record in production
Fishing and aquaculture company of Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo produced 2,783 metric tons in 2013
Catfish program repeal fails with new Farm Bill passage
The new five-year farm bill the US House of Representatives and Senate compromised on this week failed to cut out the US catfish inspection program, putting a barrier on catfish imports into the United States
Oxygen management tech could double farmed catfish growth rates
The aquaculture industry is apparently taking notice of US department of agriculture research that gives the precise levels of dissolved oxygen needed to keep pond-raised catfish alive and growing