You’ll Never Believe How Many TONS of Catfish Smuggled
Nine people are being charged by the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife on 180 charges related to illegal catfish commercial activity. According to information released from the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Law Enforcement, earlier in 2024 Game Warden Cody Fox and Special Investigations Unit launched the investigation in collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, the Alabama Game and Fish Division and the Barren County Attorney’s Office. The investigation also involved a Glasgow pay lake whose owner, according to the information, “knowingly” purchased catfish that were harvested from the restricted waters of Barren River Lake from individuals who were not licensed commercial fisherman. The information further states the pay lake operator ” failed to document any of the transactions as required by law.” Fox said the the pay lake in question was Green Valley Pay Lake. “The pay lake can only purchase catfish from licensed commercial fisherman in certain regulated waters,” Fox said. “You can’t catch fish in Barren River Lake and go sell them. [The lake] is a restricted waterway.” Specifically, the investigation revealed that “on 71 separate occasions” thousands of pounds of catfish were harvested from Barren River Lake, which is closed to commercial fishing and two of the nine harvested roughly 6,400 pounds of catfish “from waterways in the state of Alabama.” “Those catfish were transported to Kentucky and sold to the same pay lake operator,” Kentucky Fish and Wildlife stated. “Alabama law prohibits the transport of live trophy-sized catfish outside their state lines.” Fox explained the reason for this case, specifically citing the safety issues and the catfish population risks. “The big deal is these pay lakes taking these trophy catfish, which are catfish that are over 35 pounds, that can take anywhere from 12 to 30 years…so they’re removing all these large breeding catfish from lakes and rivers and in turn are decimating populations,” Fox said. “[Also, the pay lake operator] is required by law to document the time, license, amount of fish and where they came from because there’s also some health advisories…so if people buy these catfish and take them home and eat them they don’t know the waters they came from and the [body of water] might have a health advisory on it by the state that might say ‘only eat one from this lake’ or something like that.” Fox said it is hard to say specifically the consequences associated with these charges but guessed thousand of dollars “in fines and court costs,” the revocation of fishing licenses and the pay lake could be shut down “for up to three months.”
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