Catfish Conservation

Workers from the Minnesota DNR collect data to assess the Red River’s population status during test netting in 2025. (Photo by Nicholas Kludt, Minnesota DNR) Catfish Conservation and Management That...

Georgia DNR fisheries technicians Jason Mitchell (right) and Scout Carter with three flathead catfish taken in one of the state’s rivers where the agency is attempting to suppress the quickly...

Removal of Steamboat Rock Dam on the Iowa River will mitigate the safety hazard of the dam, restore fish passage, improve fish habitat throughout the river and reduce the risk...

Flatheads grow fast in the Susquehanna River system, attain large body sizes and can eat a variety of prey. Because adult flatheads have few natural predators, they can exert strong...

Kentucky Fish and Wildlife game wardens recently executed 10 search warrants as part of a seven-month investigation into the illegal commercial harvest and sale of catfish. (Photo courtesy of Kentucky...

Nebraska catfish anglers should be able to catch more whiskerfish thanks to recent stockings by the state Game and Parks Commission. (courtesy of NGPC) Channel Catfish Stockings Boost Angling Opportunities...

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is currently involved with one of the largest catfish research projects in the agency’s history. Here, fisheries biologists show some of the big flatheads...

You might be tempted to turn a big apple snail (pictured here) or its look-alike cousin the mystery snail into escargot, but eating one of these invasive gastropods could cause...

Two new programs aim to reduce the number of invasive blue catfish found in Chesapeake Bay. (credit: Keith Sutton)   Maryland DNR Introduces Commercial Blue Cat Programs Initiatives will test...

Virginia lawmakers hope to curb the blue catfish’s impact on the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem by encouraging more harvest and consumption of these delicious fish. (credit: Keith Sutton) Virginia Lawmakers Target...