Fish consumption spikes during the Lenten season, and western Kentucky is no exception. Tonight many residents will be ordering fish for dinner, and some of those meals will be catfish. Catfish is the 5th most popular seafood in the U-S. The largest catfish producing states are in the South. Recently, some have questioned the quality of imported catfish, and a few groups, including The Catfish Institute have advocated for a ban on all foreign fish.

The weekend is the busiest time at Holmes Restaurant and Lounge in Murray according to owner Robin Holmes. Holmes says catfish is one of the most popular items on the menu.

“We’ll sell 70-percent catfish over anything.”

Customers like Kenny Jones say catfish is just something you eat if you’ve grown up in western Kentucky.

“Well, y’know it’s just a good food and a good alternative to meat and, uh, other things you might normally eat for a meal.”

Holmes says he serves a high-quality American catfish. He refuses to deal in fish from foreign countries.

“Even though the price is terribly cheap, and, and your bottom line, your profits, could be better, if I won’t eat it, I won’t serve it. That’s always been our motto.”

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