A total of $1 million will be given to a Caroline County-based seafood company to increase the amount of invasive blue ...
Invasive blue catfish are a growing problem for the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem; the U.S. House has passed a bill to encourage the use of Chesapeake blue catfish as pet and animal food.
Two Maryland seafood processors said there’s a delicate balancing act in controlling invasive species like blue catfish, and ...
Flathead catfish have become a threat to resident species in the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. The results of a new study suggest they're outcompeting other predators and reshaping an essential ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock An invasive catfish species is taking over Florida waterways, harming vulnerable, native animals and the ...
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House Passes MAWS Act to Fight Bay's Blue Catfish Invasion

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Mitigation Action and Watermen Support (MAWS) Act (H.R. 4294), known as the MAWS Act of 2026, on March 16, 2026, advancing a bipartisan initiative to ...
The blue catfish is an invasive species in the Chesapeake Bay, and there is a multi-state effort to get those fish out of the bay and instead put adding to pet food.
A Kobe University study shows that small aquatic beetles survive catfish attacks by resisting ingestion inside the catfish's ...
A bipartisan bill aimed at tackling the growing problem of invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay has passed the U.S.
Museum ichthyologist Cristhian Conde-Saldaña uses evolutionary genetics to study freshwater fishes and document at-risk biodiversity Erin Wunderlich Researchers working with Cristhian Conde-Saldaña ...