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...Weight of the largest catfish on record, caught by fishermen in northern Thailand's Mekong River and eaten...
...loading docks. The GAO also said that kinks in the new IRS computer system and inadequate staffing had made matters worse. IRS Spokesman A. Ernest Acosta said the agency was "taking corrective action." Ideally, the difficulties will be resolved soon. Tax-filing season for 1985 is bearing down. AGRICULTURE Catfish Are Jumpin...
While most American farmers are suffering the effects of the worst a agricultural depression since the 1930s, the catfish farmers in Humphreys County, Miss., are content and prosperous. That is because the catfish business is booming. Mississippi accounts for some 80% of the nation's crop, and Humphreys County is the catfish capital. This year an estimated 185 million lbs. of catfish will be processed, more than four times the 1980 level. The commercial value of the crop is about $255 million...
...public's new appetite for Southern delicacies like deep-fried catfish is part of the reason for the piscatory success story. Texas-based Church's Fried Chicken, a fast-food outlet, introduced the fish last April, and it is now a strong seller in the chain's 1,600 stores. Says Kay Richardson, Church's public relations director: "When I receive a letter from someone in Seattle asking about catfish, I know it's made it." According to a recent report by the Department of Agriculture, foreigners may soon be craving their own catch of American catfish. Among the likely...
...they phone in orders. "Dr. Moyo, my daughter who's an intern in child psychology, she loves fish-head stew and overripe okra. That's her thing," Moyo explains. "Then I have another daughter who wants Thanksgiving every day. In the summertime they expect all kinds of smoked fish. Catfish, trout, I'll smoke anything...