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 ...

A bill aimed at reducing the population of invasive blue catfish by promoting its use in pet food products overwhelmingly ...

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 ...

Around 10,000 blue catfish were recently added to Pittsburgh's Three Rivers as part of a restoration project. Blue catfish, native to the area but eradicated by pollution, can grow to over 70 pounds.

Lena Sawyers, a biologist at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, holds a flathead catfish captured during an electrofishing demonstration on the Potomac River on Sept. 10. (Photo by ...

Add Outdoor Life (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Jay Fleming knows ...

Invasive species like the blue catfish and snakehead are threatening ecosystems across Maryland’s waters. Chefs say that if we can’t beat ’em, we should eat ’em. These species vary considerably from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sport fishing alone can't solve the Chesapeake Bay's blue cat problem. Jay Fleming knows blue catfish eat just about anything. But ...