Mississippi catfish production outside the Delta is con-
centrated in the heart of the Black Belt Region, mainly in
Noxubee, Lowndes, and Kemper counties. A survey of all
known east Mississippi catfish producers in 1991 also
revealed a small number of catfish enterprises in Alcorn,
Clay, Monroe, and Lee counties (Kelly et al. 1991). Results
of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) sur-
vey in July 1995 identified 80 producers with almost 2,900
acres devoted to catfish production in or adjacent to Noxubee
County (Harold Ishee, personal communication). Local agri-
cultural extension and soil conservation service agents
projected that total catfish acreage would exceed 5,000 acres
in Noxubee and adjacent counties in 1996, based on pond
construction activity (Malcolm Lowe and Dennis Reginelli,
personal communication). About 9,000 water surface acres
were devoted to catfish production in the Mississippi Black
Belt area in January 2000 (Mississippi Agricultural Statistics
Service, personal communication)
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