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  Catfish

Top Ten Facts About Catfish:

1. Catfish are raised in fresh water ponds only about four to six feet deep.
    
2. Farm raised catfish are taught to eat feed pellets that float on top of the water.  Wild catfish are bottom feeders. 
    
3. One catfish can lay up to 4,000 eggs a year per pound of body weight. 
    
4. Young catfish are called "sac fry"  because they still live off of the food supplied by the yolk sacs.
    
5. When catfish reach 4 inches long they are called "fingerlings" (the size of an index finger).
    
6. Catfish are harvested in nets when they weigh about one to one and a half pounds. 
    
7. About 95% of the nation's farm-raised catfish is raised in Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, and Louisiana. 
    
8. Catfish is now the 5^th most popular fish in America. 
    
9. Catfish is available all year round. 
    
10. Over 447 million pounds of catfish was produced in 1995.

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