This strategic plan for 2023-2027 lays out IISG goals and outcomes in three National Sea Grant focus areas: Healthy Coastal Ecosystems, Resilient Communities and Economies, Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture, and Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development, .

This is the seventh in a series of consumer guides that describe fish and shellfish farmed in the Midwest region of the United States. (See Walleye Farmed Fish Fact Sheet, Yellow Perch Farmed Fish Fact Sheet, Tilapia Farmed Fish Fact Sheet, Rainbow Trout Farmed Fished Fact Sheet, Pacific White Shrimp Farmed Fish Fact Sheet, and American Paddlefish Farmed Fish Fact Sheet). The fact sheet also includes culinary characteristics, cooking tips and a recipe for Classic Fried Catfish.

References:

1. Pam Fuller, and Matt Neilson, 2022, Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818): U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL, https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx?SpeciesID=2341, Revision Date: 10/4/2019, Peer Review Date: 5/29/2012, Access Date: 6/27/2022
2. National Audubon Society. 2002. National Audubon Society Field Guide to Fishes. Chanticleer
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3. United States Department of Agriculture Census of Agriculture: 2018 Census of Aquaculture. 2018. United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service. Available online: https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2017/Online_Resources/Aquaculture/index.php
4. Bosko, Shayna A., Denise M. Foley, and Rosalee S. Hellberg. “Species substitution and country of origin mislabeling of catfish products on the US commercial market.” Aquaculture 495 (2018): 715–720.
5. Santerre, C.R. & Bush, P.B. & Xu, De-Hai & Lewis, G.W. & Davis, J.T. & Grodner, R.M. & Ingram, R. & Wei, C.I. & Hinshaw, Jeffrey. “Metal Residues in Farm‐Raised Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, and Red Swamp Crayfish from the Southern U.S.” Journal of Food Science 66 (2001): 270–273. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2001.tb11330.x.
6. Fish for Your Health Wallet Card. 2020. Available online: https://www.purdue.edu/hhs/nutr/fish4health/Walletcard/walletCard.html

A guidebook to help program and event planners ensure accessibility and inclusion are a part of outreach and educational programs.

This strategic plan for 2018-2023 lays out IISG goals and outcomes in three National Sea Grant focus areas: Healthy Coastal Ecosystems, Resilient Communities and Economies, Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture, and Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development, .

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant’s annual magazine.

The brochure is an overview of what a fish producer thinking about small-scale fish processing needs to know. The overview includes training requirements, available facilities and highlights of select farmers who have gone through the process.