The rise in catfish imports from Vietnam has sparked hot rhetoric, protests and a wide range of allegations from representatives of the U.S. catfish industry and their supporters. As the global aquaculture industry matures and grows, it is tipping traditional seafood markets upside down, pitting farmer against fisherman, farmer against farmer, buyer against supplier, and nation against nation. The fight over catfish offers a glimpse into the challenges of the global seafood trade in the 21st Century.
Sept. 27 - WorldCatch News Network - By John Fiorillo
Americans love their catfish. And in the old days – prior to the dawn of the new millennium – "their catfish" meant one thing and one thing only: Catfish raised in the good old U S of A by a network of catfish farms spread across the south in places like Mississippi and Arkansas.
But today, an ever-increasing amount of America’s catfish supply is coming from the south of Vietnam, from places such as An Giang and Dong Thap.
