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Department of Natural Resources Urges Congress to Address Rules Hindering Market for Invasive Blue Catfish

February 26, 2020February 25, 2020Across Our Desk

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is supporting a joint resolution proposed by the Maryland General Assembly that will move the state closer to controlling the invasive blue catfish population by commercial harvest. A native of the Mississippi River basin, blue catfish were introduced to the mid-Atlantic in the 1970s. Since then it has exploded […]

Delaware’s Division of Fish & Wildlife Announces New State Record Blue Catfish catch

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019Across Our Desk

SEAFORD, DE – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife has confirmed a new state record in the Delaware Sport Fishing Tournament: a 43-inch, 47.75-pound blue catfish caught August 31, 2019 on the Nanticoke River by Colt Williamson of Harrington. Williamson caught the record catfish while fishing with his father, Rexx Williamson, battling the fish for […]