A bill aimed at reducing the population of invasive blue catfish by promoting its use in pet food products overwhelmingly passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday and now heads to the Senate ...

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.

A bipartisan bill aimed at tackling the growing problem of invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay has passed the U.S.

Maryland seafood producers oppose blue catfish bill tied to pet food ...

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.

U.S. Representative Andy Harris (R-Maryland) is highlighting the concerns of Maryland catfish harvesters over a bill that ...

The Chesapeake Bay has a lot of blue catfish, and that's a problem. Now, lawmakers have a plan to see if the invasive fish can be used as pet food. A bipartisan bill, introduced in Congress, is aimed ...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Mitigation Action and Waterman Support (MAWS) Act, legislation designed to support the use of invasive blue catfish in pet food products, on 17 March.

Like doghouses and litter boxes, aquariums are a fixture in many homes. An estimated 1 in 8 American households keeps fish as pets, and over 158 million fish live in captivity in the U.S. It’s not ...