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Catfish is the leading aquaculture industry in the United States. Commercial catfish production generates over 46 percent of the value of aquaculture production in the United States. From the first commercial production in ponds in the 1960s, catfish production has grown rapidly to reach annual sales of 660 million pounds in 2003. The value of the catfish crop in the United States reached $425 million in 2003. Mississippi, in accord with its acreage, reported the greatest value (approximately $243 million in 2003).
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Catfish graduated from Cleveland State University, and has an MS in Biology. He has worked as a biochemical research assistant, a high school chemistry and biology teacher, an analytical chemist, and forthe last 20 years, a health physicist for the State of Colorado.
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Catfish spawn in late spring/early summer. Since catfish spawn three to six weeks later in Kentucky, the transportation of eggs from hatcheries in states farther south can functionally increase the growing season and produce larger fingerlings by the end of summer.
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