Catfish Fillets in Escabeche

If you’re concerned about the declining populations of edible seafood species, it’s often hard to know what fish to put your dollars behind on any given day. Catfish to the rescue! Channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, farmed in the United States—primarily in Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, and Louisiana—is described by Seafood Watch as “one of the most sustainable fish species available” and is listed as a “best choice.” (Basa, Pangasius bocourti, a river catfish farmed in So