date:Mar 13, 2014
she says, they are watching the potential snowmelt in the many states that border the Mississippi River.
Catfish like the fresh water (from snowmelt) coming through, she says. The nutrients in it will serve our catfish fishery well.
Harlon Pearce, who owns and operates Harlons LA Fish Seafood in Kenner, La., processes about 1 million pounds of wild catfish a year and fillets are running about $4 a pound.
While he sees a gap left by catfish farmers who have exited the industry, we cant produ