USDA ready to buy another 1.5m pounds of catfish
USDA, in late June, announced its combined $22.9 million purchase of 4.9m lbs of catfish from five US Gulf of Mexico-state companies
USDA buys nearly $22.9 million worth of catfish
The purchases, announced Friday, involve unbreaded raw catfish fillets, and will be used to support child nutrition and other related domestic food distribution programs
US states look to diners to curb blue catfish problem
'I think we're on the verge of really opening up a good market for that product' -- Mike Hutt, Virginia Marine Products Board
Silver Bay big winner of latest USDA seafood purchase
Other contracts for salmon, walleye and catfish products were awarded to Pacific Seafood, Channel Fish, Ocean Select Seafood and Red Lake Nation Fisheries
Chinese channel catfish exporters face raw material shortage despite growing US market
China's customs data show it exported a total of 6,749 metric tons of channel catfish in 2023, up 2.8% year-on-year. Of that amount, 6,577t were shipped to the US
Endless supply, mud vein hurt sales of invasive blue catfish
'We will not get rid of every catfish. They're here, we're not going to eradicate them, and there will always be negative consequences' -- Maryland blue catfish harvester Holly Buckler
Strong demand propels Brazil’s farmed salmon imports in 2023; tilapia gains traction
Brazil witnessed a notable surge in its salmon imports in 2023, solidifying the species as the country's leading imported farmed fish
Long-time US catfish exec forms new consulting partnership
Randy Rhodes announced he was semi-retiring in October 2023 from the post he held heading Harvest Select for 15.5 years
Brazil’s aquaculture imports soar with rising demand for Chile salmon, Vietnam pangasius
Imports rose by 5% in volume and 18% in value to 104,438t worth $696.9m in Q3 2023
US seafood import volume down 11%, value off 22%, at 2023 halfway point
US seafood imports have fallen back to Earth after a record year, reveals the latest review of seafood trade data maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration