A $248,000 state grant will help Wanchese Fish Company boost blue catfish processing in Suffolk, creating up to 15 jobs.

The USDA is providing $6 million in grants to help Maryland seafood processors expand operations and create new markets for invasive blue catfish. A one-year pilot program will purchase up to $2 ...

The MAWS Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives amid Maryland's effort to reduce the invasive blue catfish population ...

The blue catfish was never supposed to be in the Chesapeake Bay. In the 1970s, the species was introduced into the James River in Virginia as a trophy fish. From there, it quietly slipped into the Bay ...

Congressman Andy Harris and Secretary Brooke Rollins of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) launched a $6 million grant program Wednesday to combat invasive, wild-caught blue catfish in the ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture granted $6 million to Maryland seafood processors to clear the Chesapeake Bay from invasive blue catfish.U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, R-District 1, and U.S. Agriculture ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blue catfish are hungry creatures. They are found in most Chesapeake Bay tributaries, gobbling up species that environmentalists ...

Blue catfish are hungry creatures. They are found in most Chesapeake Bay tributaries, gobbling up species that environmentalists have worked to rebuild for years. From mussels and menhaden to oysters ...