The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is currently accepting grant funding applications for projects that will help expand blue catfish fishing and processing in the state.

RICHMOND, Va. (WFXR) — Virginia Governor Glenn Younkin has announced a $250 thousand grant to Sea Farms Inc. to expand blue catfish processing. It is the inaugural grant in a new program to help ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) is accepting grant funding applications for a program designed to address the growing population of an ...

U.S. Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin visited Tilghman Island Seafood in Talbot County Friday morning — the only USDA-certified blue catfish processing facility on Maryland’s Eastern Shore — to ...

Inaugural funding of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Blue Catfish Processing, Flash Freezing, and Infrastructure Grant Program has awarded $250,000 to Sea Farms Inc. Funding ...

TILGHMAN ISLAND, MD - Maryland's two U.S. senators have announced a significant development in the preservation efforts for the Chesapeake Bay. This announcement comes as a part of the recently passed ...

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — Armory Seafood has been awarded $247,000 through the Governor’s Blue Catfish Processing, Flash freezing and Infrastructure grant. The funds will be used to increase processing ...

KONNER METZ [email protected] Aug 6, 2025 Aug 6, 2025 TILGHMAN ISLAND — Nick Hargrove's business has operated as the Eastern Shore's only blue catfish processing facility for more than two years, ...

TILGHMAN ISLAND, Md. - Blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay have been a major problem for watermen. While blue catfish are an invasive species that eat smaller crabs and rockfish, they're also a good ...

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 ...