With its gaping maw, a blue catfish is a voracious predator as well as a scavenger. NOAA Invasive blue catfish are a big problem in the Chesapeake Bay. Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

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The blue catfish was never supposed to be in the Chesapeake Bay. In the 1970s, the species was introduced into the James River in Virginia as a trophy fish. From there, it quietly slipped into the Bay ...

Blue catfish are hungry creatures. They are found in most Chesapeake Bay tributaries, gobbling up species that environmentalists have worked to rebuild for years. From mussels and menhaden to oysters ...