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Home Cooks & Food Lovers
Fresh, Versatile, and Easy to Prepare

Enjoy premium-quality Chesapeake Bay Lion filets

Whether pan-fried, grilled, or oven-baked, this clean, lean, and versatile fish is perfect for quick weeknight meals or gourmet dinners. Sustainably sourced and wildly delicious — from our watermen to your table.

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Bay Lion Filets, Nuggets, & Balls
A New Signature Catch for Your Menu

Bluecat Fisheries offers chefs fresh, wild-caught Chesapeake Bay Lion in chef-cut portions, delivered with consistency and traceability. With a mild, clean flavor and adaptable texture, it's a perfect canvas for innovation across cuisines.

Filets, Nuggets, & whole fish. Ready for delivery

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Bay Lion Filets & Nuggets ready for your Shelf
A Story-Driven Protein Your Shoppers Will Love

Bring your customers a unique, local seafood offering that supports ecosystem restoration and regional jobs. Our Chesapeake Bay Lion filets come packaged retail-ready with compelling branding, nutritional transparency, and QR-code driven traceability — telling a story from river to shelf.

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Pet food, Byproduct, other Avenues
Bulk Blue Catfish for Impact-Driven Procurement

From school systems and meal programs to pet food manufacturers and agricultural applications, our product lines offer scalable volumes of blue catfish and byproducts. Support environmental restoration while securing a nutrient-dense, low-cost protein source tailored to your needs.

Don't take our word for it

Chef Jeremy Hoffman explains why Blue catfish became a permanent item on his menu

Certifications

A Problem we can eat our way out of

The Bay's Most Flexible Filet

Savor the sweet taste of sustainability with our wild-caught Bay Lion Filets. Whether it's a gourmet dinner, meal prep, or quick lunch, the Bay Lion's adaptable palate is the perfect for your batter, bread or seasoning.

Flavor Profile

Clean, mild, and sweet

More comparable to striped bass, rockfish, or halibut, the sweetness is subtle, allowing it to pair well with a wide range of seasonings, marinades, and global cuisines. It lacks the bitter, earthy taste of other catfish.

Nutritional Powerhouse

Bay Lion filets are high in protein, low in fat, and packed with potassium & vitamin D. Their flavor & nutritional value are due to their clean diet of oceanic proteins like blue crabs, white perch, shad, rockfish, and eels.

Grill, Cook, Sear or Fry

Bay Lions have a firm, flaky texture that holds its shape under heat and handling. Unlike softer white fish like tilapia or cod, blue catfish doesn't fall apart when cooked. It flakes gently, but not excessively.

Petfood

Human-Grade protein for Pets!

Get your furry friend in on the action. Wild-caught Bay Lion petfood is rich in clean, easily digestible animal protein, Vitamin D, Calcium & potassium.