Blue catfish are invading Maryland waterways and posing a serious threat to native species. Yet, how is it that one species of slate blue-bodied fish can be so detrimental to the Chesapeake Bay ...

A few years ago, when I made regular trips to the Baltimore waterfront to fish for rockfish, several people stopped to ask the same question: Are they safe to eat? My answer: “I don’t know. I’m not a ...

A seafood program with roots on the West Coast is expanding into the Mid-Atlantic, with a mission that tackles two challenges ...

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 ...

Even normal-sized blue catfish, or Ictalurus furcatus, are big fish. Originally native to the basins of the Mississippi, ...

A West Coast seafood program is expanding to the East Coast to help tackle the Chesapeake Bay’s Blue Catfish Crisis. Seafood company Real Good Fish announced Monday its Bay2Tray program will come to ...

Catfish guide Justin Conner of Milton, West Virgina, was fishing the Kanawha River in Putnam County on May 9 with his fiancé, Tabitha Linville. They had caught their own bait that morning for a client ...

WAYCROSS, Ga. - Georgia anglers, this one is for you! The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GADNR) needs your help again this year conducting a special project, and they're willing to reward ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WFXR) — If you can’t beat them, eat them! When it comes to blue catfish management, Virginia Department of ...

Anglers in the Pittsburgh area may be catching 50-to 60-pound blue catfish several years from now as part of an ongoing reintroduction effort of this native species of fish. The Pennsylvania Fish and ...