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cat·fish
/ ˈkatˌfish/
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n.
(pl. same or -fishes)
a freshwater or marine fish with whiskerlike barbels around the mouth, typically bottom-dwelling. Its many families include the Eurasian family Siluridae and the large North American family Ictaluridae.
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Catfish selling for less despite higher feed costs
Magazine article from: The Mississippi Business Journal; 5/26/1997; ; 700+ words
; Mississippi catfish farmers have a hot commodity swimming...Despite the fact that record volumes of catfish are being sold every week, the price...in the Last six months. The last USDA catfish processing report shows farmers are receiving...
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Catfish: the 'poor man's fish' has a rich future.(Culinary Currents)
Magazine article from: Nation's Restaurant News; 5/27/1996; ; 700+ words
; Catfish might be a bottom feeder in its natural...with the spread of Cajun-style cooking, catfish has become one of the most widely used...many other commercial freshwater fish, catfish has a meaty texture, which means it can...
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Catfish's name is no longer mud
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 5/11/2003; ; 700+ words
; Catfish's name is no longer mud When farm-raised...with an image problem, it would be the catfish. These ugly little brutes have been known...re nastier than junkyard dogs. Yet the catfish has cleaned up his act. Commercially raised...
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Catfish biz treads water with higher production, but lower prices
Magazine article from: The Mississippi Business Journal; 10/13/2003; ; 700+ words
; Even though Mississippi catfish farmers produced 30 million more pounds of catfish in 2002 than the previous year, the value dropped...a growing import market. In 2002, Mississippi catfish farmers raised 630 million pounds of catfish...
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Catfish: processors are optimistic prices will increase. (Buyer's Update).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 11/1/2001; 700+ words
; When is a catfish a catfish? When it's grown in the U.S.A., of course. This October...spores were being delivered to the U.S. Senate mail room, the Catfish Farmers of America decided it was high time to get the attention of...
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Catfish: although the battle with Vietnam still rages, a drop in supply may push prices up. (Species Focus).
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 2/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...year could be the turning point for the domestic catfish industry. Catfish farmers continue to struggle to meet costs, which...forcing the supply down and prices up. Domestic catfish prices could also rise when the results of the antidumping...
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Catfish: even amid bitter political battles, buyers can find sweet deals. (Finfish Focus).
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 9/1/2002; 700+ words
; If you're a buyer, farm-raised catfish has never been a sweeter deal. This summer...last summer. Over the past 12 months, catfish prices have been at their lowest levels...Mississippi Delta in the 1970s. At Cahoot's Catfish & Oyster Bar in Abilene, Texas...
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Catfish Farmers of America Annual Convention Convenes in Natchez.
Business Wire; 3/11/2009; 700+ words
; Townsend Kyser named Alabama Catfish Farmer of the Year Dennington Moss named Arkansas Catfish Farmer of the Year Brandon Haring named Louisiana Catfish Farmer of the Year Joe Oglesby named Mississippi Catfish Farmer of the Year John Dillard receives...
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VIETNAM: 'CATFISH WAR' LOSS TO U.S. STIRS STRONG PROTESTS.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service; 7/29/2003; 700+ words
; ...international ruling on the country's huge catfish exports to the United States - and the...Vietnam lost what has been called the 'catfish war' with the United States, strong...barriers to Vietnam's 'tra' and 'basa' catfish exports to the U.S. over the protest...
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Catfish: makeover designed to broaden domestic species' appeal.(Top Species)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 3/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...and the slimehead before it, the humble catfish is banking on a name change and a higher...phase two of a three part program, The Catfish Institute, along with culinary strategists...to launch Delacata, a premium cut of catfish that would be marketed to white-tablecloth...
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Catfish
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...A few species of catfish live in the oceans, such as the sea catfishes of the family Aridae...People fishing for catfish often use a use...Such bait can lure catfishes over a wide expanse. Catfish can detect the bait...
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catfish
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...stone and tadpole catfishes and the madtom, can...pectoral spines. Catfish are usually dull...550 lb (250 kg). Catfish are omnivorous feeders...scavengers. Types of Catfish The South American catfishes show great diversity...
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Hunter, Jim "Catfish"
Book article from: Notable Sports Figures
Jim "Catfish" Hunter 1946-1999 American baseball player J im "Catfish" Hunter was a master hurler whose presence on the...the field were needed to win. According to the book Catfish, The Three Million Dollar Pitcher, once, when reporters...
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parasitic catfish
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
parasitic catfish See TRICHOMYCTERIDAE .
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airsac catfish
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
airsac catfish See HETEROPNEUSTIDAE .
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