{"id":254570,"date":"2026-07-29T12:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T12:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/254570\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T12:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T12:46:08","slug":"thousands-of-blue-catfish-to-be-stocked-into-ohio-river-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/254570\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of blue catfish to be stocked into Ohio River in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will stock thousands of Blue Catfish into the Ohio River in Allegheny County on Wednesday at approximately 12:30 p.m. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The restoration effort, established in 2022, aims to reintroduce Blue Catfish into the Ohio River basin in Pennsylvania. The fish being released are juveniles, measuring eight to 12 inches long.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Historically, Blue Catfish, capable of growing to more than 100 pounds, were present throughout the Ohio and Monongahela rivers in Pennsylvania They were also found in the lower sections of the Allegheny River.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The species was eliminated from Pennsylvania in the early 1900s due to factors including pollution and habitat alteration. The current restoration plan is specifically restricted to the species\u2019 native range within the Ohio River basin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Blue Catfish are considered highly invasive to other waters in Pennsylvania. Transporting these fish outside of their native range is unlawful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">To read more on the blue catfish restoration plan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/content\/dam\/copapwp-pagov\/en\/fishandboat\/documents\/about-us\/agencyoverview\/species-mgmt-plans\/ohriverbluecatfish-reintroplan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/content\/dam\/copapwp-pagov\/en\/fishandboat\/documents\/about-us\/agencyoverview\/species-mgmt-plans\/ohriverbluecatfish-reintroplan.pdf\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will stock thousands of Blue Catfish into the Ohio River in Allegheny&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[894,95813,13413,28,28411,30,29,64689],"class_list":["post-254570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-allegheny-county","tag-blue-catfish","tag-ohio-river","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-fish-and-boat-commission","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-restoration-effort"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}