Seafood
Catfish - U.S.
Fish farmers raise Catfish mostly in the Southern U.S. in large earthen ponds, resulting in some water pollution problems. Compared to other farmed fish, Catfish need less fishmeal/oil from wild sources in their feed, and they are native to where they're farmed.
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Catfish - imported
Swai and Basa are river catfish, commonly sold as Pangasius, which are farmed in South and Southeast Asia, mostly in the Mekong River Delta region. Both Swai and Basa are native to the region and are mostly farmed in ponds. Pangasius are either fed commercial feed or a combination of commercial feed and traditional farm-made feed, with the latter containing high levels of “trash” fish which has a high (bad) feed conversion ratio. While government enforcement of farming practices is often weak, there is a growing recognition about the environmental cost of effluent discharge.
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