Getting off the bottom
by Wally Northway Published: June 10,2011
Tags: catfish, catfish farmers, Delta, flood, Jimmy Avery, John Michael Riley, levee, Mississippi River, Roger Barlow
As the historic crest of the Mississippi River rolled past the Delta last month, the catfish industry started breathing a little easier. If the Yazoo Backwater Levee had failed, practically the entire catfish industry in Mississippi would have been underwater, and after a decade of struggles, could have meant the industry’s death. Even if the [...] [...]
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