$1M Investment Aims to Help Eastern Shore Watermen Tackle Invasive Catfish

$1M investment aims to help Eastern Shore watermen tackle invasive catfish

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks on Thursday announced $1 million in federal funding to boost processing of invasive blue catfish on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

Sen. Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Announce $1M for Blue Catfish Processing in Caroline Co.

CAROLINE COUNTY, Md. – U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks have announced one million dollars in funding for BSA Seafood LLC in Carline County to process invasive Blue Catfish harvested from the Chesapeake Bay. The federal funding comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program, an initiative that Senator Van Hollen established through the American Rescue Plan in 2021. Senator Van Holl…