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flag Maryland fishers oppose federal bill diverting invasive blue catfish to pet food, fearing it harms human food market efforts.

flag Maryland seafood producers are opposing the MAWS Act, a federal bill that would redirect invasive blue catfish from the Chesapeake Bay to pet food and animal feed. flag The coalition argues the move could harm efforts to build a market for blue catfish as human food, undermining years of work by state and federal agencies to promote its consumption. flag They say the bill, developed without consultation, risks damaging consumer perception, destabilizing a fragile commercial market, and harming partnerships with watermen and processors. flag Officials, including Congressman Andy Harris, support current strategies that already repurpose fish byproducts for pet food, calling the bill unnecessary and potentially damaging to the emerging industry.

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