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The area was named Farm-Raised Catfish Capital of the World in 1976 by then Governor Cliff Finch, since it produces more farm-raised catfish than any other U.S. county. [5] About 40,000 acres (160 km 2) of the county are under water in ponds used to grow catfish. About 60% of U.S. farm-raised catfish are grown within a 65-mile (100-km) radius ...
Forty thousand acres (160 square kilometers) of the county are underwater and used to grow catfish. About 60% of U.S. farm-raised catfish is raised within a 65-mile (105 km) radius of the county seat, Belzoni. The title "Catfish Capital" has also been claimed by Savannah, Tennessee, and Des Allemands, Louisiana.
Ictalurids are cultivated in North America, especially in the Deep South, with Mississippi being the largest domestic catfish producer. [4] Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) supported a $450 million/yr aquaculture industry in 2003. [5] The US farm-raised catfish industry began in the early 1960s in Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
The channel catfish is an important food source in the southern United States and is valued for the quality of its meat. [35] In the United States, catfish is the largest aquaculture industry, and channel catfish make up 90% of farm-raised catfish. In 2021, catfish farmers in the United States made $421 million in sales.
Two Mississippi catfish farms have settled a lawsuit alleging that they brought workers from Mexico to the U.S. and paid them significantly more than they previously paid local Black farmworkers ...
Mississippi: Largemouth bass: Micropterus salmoides: 1974 [34] Missouri: Channel catfish (fish) Ictalurus punctatus: 1997 [35] Paddlefish (aquatic animal) Polyodon spathula: 1997 [36] Montana: Blackspotted cutthroat trout: Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies lewisi) 1977 [37] Nebraska: Channel catfish: Ictalurus punctatus: 1997 [38] Nevada ...
A growing body of research that suggests fish feel pain is sparking an effort to improve the treatment of farm-raised fish that end up on American dinner plates. A catfish farm is accused of ...
Lenten fish fry events can be found in Belleville, O’Fallon, Fairview Heights, Waterloo, Mascoutah, Smithton, Highland, Swansea, Collinsville, Maryville and other ...