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 ...

Fishermen and chefs hope to feed people and eradicate invasive blue catfish at the same time. Blue catfish have become a ...

With its gaping maw, a blue catfish is a voracious predator as well as a scavenger. NOAA Invasive blue catfish are a big problem in the Chesapeake Bay. Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

CHESAPEAKE BAY - Multiple Congressional Representatives from Maryland and Virginia have joined forces to introduce a unique federal response to the growing threat of invasive blue catfish in the ...

Maryland recently has taken a few tentative steps aimed at boosting commercial harvest of blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus), the voracious nonnative predator devouring blue crabs and many native fish ...