The Catfish Industry
"In the year 2001 the U.S. expects to process
605 million pounds
of catfish, mostly farm-raised in the South and worth more than $550
million." Once considered bottom-feeding trash fish, catfish are now fed
on grain, raised in clean water by farmers and blackened by chefs in
fine restaurants. Catfish are part of the most rapidly
expanding part of U.S. agriculture — the world
of aquaculture. Fish is one of the few products the
U.S. has no surplus of. We can use all we can
produce and catfish is leading the pack. — The
World Agriculture Outlook Board
"The delicious taste, versatility and year-round
availability of farm-raised catfish have taken it to the top of
America's culinary charts. No longer considered just Southern fare,
catfish is the fifth most popular fish in America." — The Catfish
Institute
Nutritional Information
