A resolution designating August 2024 as "National Catfish Month".

Bill: 118-sres-802
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2024-08-01
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Aquaculture

Commemorative events and holidays

Delaware

Fishes

Food industry and services

Maryland

Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor

Virginia
Latest action: action_date: 2024-08-01
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5836; text: CR S5790)

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-08-01
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p>This resolution designates August 2024 as National Catfish Month. It also recognizes the contributions of all workers, past and present, that produce, process, and provide catfish for the people of the United States.</p>

tv_txt: III 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 802 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 1, 2024 Mr. Wicker submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Designating August 2024 as National Catfish Month .

Whereas the Catfish Institute recognizes August to be National Catfish Month; Whereas the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas recognize August to be National Catfish Month; Whereas the States of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Tennessee embody the channel catfish as their State fish; Whereas the United States farm-raised catfish industry employs nearly 10,000 people and creates more than $1,900,000,000 in economic output; Whereas the United States had more than 50,000 surface water acres used for catfish production in 2023, and catfish growers in the United States had $439,000,000 in sales during 2023; Whereas the average catfish farmer produces 5,000 pounds of catfish per acre; Whereas 99 percent of all United States farm-raised catfish are grown in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, and Texas; Whereas catfish is the largest farm-raised seafood product, by weight, in the United States, representing over 50 percent of the United States aquaculture industry; Whereas United States catfish must meet rigorous safety standards, making domestic catfish a nutritious choice and a reliably higher quality product than imported catfish; Whereas United States farm-raised catfish and Chesapeake Bay blue catfish are sustainable and environmentally friendly seafood products; Whereas catfish is a lean fish and an excellent source of protein; and Whereas catfish is a versatile fish in the cuisine of the United States, with a myriad of regional and national recipes to be enjoyed by all people of the United States: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1) designates August 2024 as National Catfish Month ; (2) recognizes the contributions of all workers, past and present, that produce, process, and provide catfish for the people of the United States; (3) recognizes that purchasing United States farm-raised catfish supports farmers, jobs, and the economy of the United States; and (4) recognizes Chesapeake Bay watermen for harvesting overpopulated blue catfish, thereby protecting the health of the Chesapeake Bay.