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Article: 'America's Fish' Campaign Launched at 29th Annual World Catfish Festival; U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish seeks to "reel in" voters.
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- PR Newswire
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- April 5, 2004
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BELZONI, Miss., April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Think you can only vote for America's president this year? How about casting a vote for a fish?
This election year, U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish shines in the campaign spotlight with its run for the title of "America's Fish." With hopes of swimming to dinner tables across America, the one-time Dixie darling announced its "candidacy," Saturday, April 2, 2004, at the 29th Annual World Catfish Festival in Belzoni, Miss.
More than 15,000 catfish supporters from all over the United States converged on the small Delta town of 2,500, proclaimed "Catfish Capitol of the World," to celebrate the launch. Festival goers were ...