Maryland Blue Catfish Processors Oppose Federal MAWS Act, Warn of Market Disruption

A coalition of Maryland's blue catfish processors is pushing back against proposed federal legislation they say could undermine years of work building human consumption markets for the invasive species, with Congressman Andy Harris joining their opposition to the MAWS Act.
The four family-owned processors, representing every facility in Maryland processing wild-caught blue catfish for human consumption, sent a letter opposing the Mitigation Action and Watermen Support Act introduced by Representative Sarah K. Elfreth and co-led by Representative Robert J. Wittman...
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