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Dear Pond Guardians,
I am a restaurant owner. I want to serve TX or American catfish to my customers. The restaurant service companys offers catfish from China. I want to support catfish farms in America.
Do you know who I can contact: to purchase ready to cook American Catfish for commercial restaurant?

Thank you
Dixie

Hi Dixie. I can't help you with an answer, but I can welcome you to the Pond Boss forum. My way is to tease...




PS: I've been cooking professionally for most of the last 30 years.

There have been "issues" over fish raised in China. Probably very smart of you to consider USAmerican sources. Hopefully somebody has some information.

I went too far again didn't I?

Well Dixie, here's a starting point:

http://texasaquaculture.org/id108.html

You could start calling numbers on that list and I'll bet you'll find a source quick enough. Todd Overton is on that list and I would guess that he could steer you in the right direction. He also posts here.

Good luck!

Contact Dr. Mark Griffith of Purina Mills. Mark is the Director of Zoo and Aquatics. He ought to have an idea who to talk to. He's a nice guy and formulates the feed that the cats eat. Raising them is a cottage industry in Miss, La., and Arkansas; maybe further East. Tell him the guys on Pond Boss said Hi.

mark.griffith@purinamills.com

Thanks for thinking American, Dixie. Or at least Texan.









They DO have the right to make their own foreign policy, ya know.

Dixie, this is probably a good place to start.

Catfish Farmers of America

http://www.catfishfarmersamerica.org/index.html

It sounds like a really great marketing idea. No lead based catfish. Where are you in Tx?

Here's a link to The Catfish Institute.

http://www.catfishinstitute.com/

Industry group promoting US raised catfish

CR

Dixie, after you find a source of high quality fish you'll have a great opportunity to promote your restaurant. I would take out a few local adds about it and mention it on the menu.

You might call (937) 322-9006 Catdaddy's Cafe. They have the best tasting catfish I've ever had.

dixie thanks for lookin local as i said in another tred tonite i was aproched by a local seafood co for all the cc i can grow and i think i am gona gear up for it and see ifin the locals love my cats as much as i do.

Here's an interesting thought. The catfish farmers have found that people like the idea of eating more fish but really don't like the taste of CC. So they are fed almost pure soybean chow to come up with a bland, tasteless, product that can manipulated by sauces while cooking or on the table.

What should CC be fed to taste like a porterhouse?

Howdy Yah'll!
GW, Texas or American...the slip showed my Texan state of mind:>
I am hot on the trail, calling, e-mailing to find a connection for delicious home grown catfish..yah'll have given me great leads and I thank ya from the bottom of the pond.
I'll let yah'll know of my success in Rocksprings (Dave)
Dixie

Catdaddy's is closed. Yet I called the number and the owner said Sysco the big restaurant supplier is supplying Chinese catfish.
She said I need to find a processor.Texas doesn't have one, but one is in the works. She got Catdaddy's from Southern Catfish in Mississippi.
http://catfishinstitute.com/?q=catfish_quiz.html
A great resource lists processors for American catfish farms under Industry info.

Thanks a lot. Keep up the pond work.
Dixie

The state of Mississippi Bans Chinese Catfish imports.
Rebel yell for Ol Mississippi,
http://catfishinstitute.com/?q=illegal_antibiotics_found_in_chinese_catfish.html

Dixie

Yeeeee-Haawwww!