$1 million allocated to increase processing of invasive blue catfish in Maryland

A total of $1 million will be given to a Caroline County-based seafood company to increase the amount of invasive blue ...
WMDT

Sen. Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Announce $1M for Blue Catfish Processing in Caroline Co.

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks have announced one million dollars in funding for BSA Seafood LLC in Carline County to process invasive Blue Catfish harvested from the Chesapeake ...
WGNO

First grant for seafood processing released in new program to control catfish numbers

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RICHMOND, Va. (WFXR) — Virginia Governor ...
Augusta Free Press

Virginia looks to expand blue catfish fishing, processing in the state

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is currently accepting grant funding applications for projects that will help expand blue catfish fishing and processing in the state.
Augusta Free Press

Gloucester seafood company awarded $250K from Gov. Youngkin’s catfish grant program

Inaugural funding of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Blue Catfish Processing, Flash Freezing, and Infrastructure Grant Program has awarded $250,000 to Sea Farms Inc. Funding ...
DelmarvaNow

Maryland gets new federal help in battling invasive blue catfish. How to apply for funding

The USDA is providing $6 million in grants to help Maryland seafood processors expand operations and create new markets for invasive blue catfish. A one-year pilot program will purchase up to $2 ...
Star Democrat

Senators visit Tilghman Island blue catfish processing facility

U.S. Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin visited Tilghman Island Seafood in Talbot County Friday morning — the only USDA-certified blue catfish processing facility on Maryland’s Eastern Shore — to ...
WUSA

USDA invests $6M to tackle blue catfish invasion in Chesapeake Bay

WASHINGTON — Maryland is about to start eating a lot more catfish if the U.S. Department of Agriculture gets its way. New funding will help seafood companies to fish invasive blue catfish from the ...
WRIC

VDACS grant program intended to address invasive blue catfish population

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) is accepting grant funding applications for a program designed to address the growing population of an ...
Yahoo

Blue catfish are invasive to the Chesapeake Bay. By eating them, Virginians can help save the bay.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blue catfish are hungry creatures. They are found in most Chesapeake Bay tributaries, gobbling up species that environmentalists ...
WRIC

First grant for seafood processing released in new program to control catfish numbers

RICHMOND, Va. (WFXR) — Virginia Governor Glenn Younkin has announced a $250,000 grant to Sea Farms Inc. to expand blue catfish processing. It is the inaugural grant in a new program to help processors ...