Blue catfish commercial harvest update.

[mikesxpress]

Blue catfish commercial harvest update.

From PRFC:
Attention Blue Catfish commercial harvesters.*The following letter was sent out*to fish trot line and fish pot licensees to allow them to identify prospective buyers of commercially caught Blue Catfish in PRFC waters. This list includes those buyers we are aware of, but there may be others. We can add others to the list if their information is made available to us.

http://www.prfc.us/Blue_Catfish_Buyers_List.pdf

https://news.maryland.gov/dnr/2018/0...ng-initiative/


These were for sale at Wegman's in Fredericksburg 10/22/18.

[billnorman1]

Caught three fishing for bass in Mattawoman. Two about 3 pounds one might have gone 8 or 9. Aggressive bastiges, hit crankbaits deep.

[bassboogieman]

Am I incorrect in believing there are recommended restrictions on consumption of fish caught in Potomac waters due to contaminants, particularly PCB's? I've read such lists, of fish caught in Potomac waters, recommending limited consumption (blue catfish & snakehead) to do not eat (striped bass).

So my point is, should not commercial stores selling fish known to originate from Potomac waters (I don't know if the fish in picture were) include a warning on consumption of fish they have for sale? In the photo above the store has no problem noting "fresh, wild caught" & "product of USA" on the tray of filets and that sounds good, but if they had noted the filets as fresh caught Potomac blue catfish, I would not have thought that nearly as enticing.

[Enskyte]

I believe it's less than a pound a month. That's isn't allot.

[mikesxpress]

The republic of MD has a map for this:
https://news.maryland.gov/dnr/2018/0...on-advisories/