the catfish industry has been a part of townsend kyser's day as long as he can remember. growing up in a catfish raising family, he's seen the ups and downs. storm," for kyser, that storm first hit about a decade ago, whenenhe price of both grain and oil increased. that's when imported catfish-like species called pangasius- began pouring into the u.s. from asian countries. "our inputs went up and other products were coming in at a cheaper rate. those two things cut our industry in half," here's a look from the natiwnal fisheries institute on how consumptiohas changed. in e last decade, pangasius numbers have risen sharply. "we are still battling it out. i'm still very much in favor of good, fair, competition on an even playing field but when other countries come in and undercut our prices and steal the markets that we spent a lifetime building, it hurts our communities,"> back in 2008. some catfish prorocers asked for more regulations within the industry. congress agreed to move inspection of foreign and domestic produced catfish from the food and drug administration to th