Catfish represent a diverse group of teleosts that exhibit remarkable adaptability to both freshwater and brackish environments, a trait that underpins their global importance as a food resource.

Mississippi is the nation’s top catfish-producing state, and the Mississippi State University Extension Service offers many different services to support the state’s catfish industry.

This report is a deep dive into aquaculture of the freshwater species. Freshwater aquaculture is being rapidly disrupted by changes in technology, finance, regulation, as well as feed and biotech ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University research and outreach has contributed to a 59% productivity increase over the past decade in a crucial stage of catfish farming, a new multistate ...

Researchers used ten microsatellite markers to evaluate the genetic structure of six populations from the Yangtze, Huaihe, and Ussuri River basins. The northern Ussuri population stood out for its ...

Despite its arid climate and abundance of cacti, Arizona has a growing aquaculture, or fish farming, industry that offers a promising solution to help meet the rising demand for American-raised ...

Mike Freeze, one of the country's top aquaculture experts, isn't optimistic about the future of the catfish industry in Arkansas. Freeze, an owner of Keo Fish Farms in Lonoke County, will be inducted ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State scientists have developed a live-attenuated oral vaccine and delivery platform that have put the brakes on the spread of antimicrobial resistance in catfish, ...

It sounds like the start of a Southern gothic horror thriller. Auburn University scientists have been putting alligator DNA in catfish. It’s delicious, but with less chance for infection. Don’t worry, ...

When one mentions a group of fish targeted by millions across the country, renowned for their fighting abilities, and a source of meat so popular they make up the largest segment of American ...