SeafoodSource

USDA issues USD 2 million in grant funding to improve blue catfish processing capacity

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued USD 2 million (EUR 1.7 million) in grant funding to two businesses to ...

The blue catfish: If you can’t beat ’em, eat ’em

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — What would Mister Peanut say about why Virginia would spend thousands of dollars on a type of catfish ...

Wanchese’s Suffolk facility to expand blue catfish production with state grant

Wanchese’s Suffolk facility to expand blue catfish production with state grant ...
Augusta Free Press

Virginia looks to expand blue catfish fishing, processing in the state

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is currently accepting grant funding applications for projects that will help expand blue catfish fishing and processing in the state.
Star Democrat

Senators visit Tilghman Island blue catfish processing facility

U.S. Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin visited Tilghman Island Seafood in Talbot County Friday morning — the only USDA-certified blue catfish processing facility on Maryland’s Eastern Shore — to ...
WUSA

USDA invests $6M to tackle blue catfish invasion in Chesapeake Bay

WASHINGTON — Maryland is about to start eating a lot more catfish if the U.S. Department of Agriculture gets its way. New funding will help seafood companies to fish invasive blue catfish from the ...

$1 million allocated to increase processing of invasive blue catfish in Maryland

A total of $1 million will be given to a Caroline County-based seafood company to increase the amount of invasive blue ...
Yahoo

Blue catfish are invasive to the Chesapeake Bay. By eating them, Virginians can help save the bay.

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 ...
WRIC

First grant for seafood processing released in new program to control catfish numbers

RICHMOND, Va. (WFXR) — Virginia Governor Glenn Younkin has announced a $250,000 grant to Sea Farms Inc. to expand blue catfish processing. It is the inaugural grant in a new program to help processors ...
WMDT

Sen. Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Announce $1M for Blue Catfish Processing in Caroline Co.

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks have announced one million dollars in funding for BSA Seafood LLC in Carline County to process invasive Blue Catfish harvested from the Chesapeake ...
Augusta Free Press

Gloucester seafood company awarded $250K from Gov. Youngkin’s catfish grant program

Inaugural funding of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Blue Catfish Processing, Flash Freezing, and Infrastructure Grant Program has awarded $250,000 to Sea Farms Inc. Funding ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Blue catfish are invasive to the Chesapeake Bay. By eating them, Virginians can help save the bay.

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 ...