The second macroeconomic consideration of increased imports is the impact on exchange rates. As we have shown in the previous section, as U.S. consumers increase their consumption of imports, the supply of dollars in foreign exchange markets rises.
A member of the Ictalurus genus of American catfishes, channel catfish have a top-end size of about 40â50 pounds (18â23 kg). The world record channel catfish weighed 58 pounds, and was taken from the Santee-Cooper Reservoir in South Carolina, on July 7, 1964. Realistically, a channel catfish over 20 lb (9 kg) is a spectacular specimen, and most catfish anglers view a 10-lb (4.5-kg) fish as a very admirable catch.
Long story short, these fish get big pretty easily. A catfish actually holds the record for largest freshwater fish caught in most countries. The world record for a catfish is said to of been caught in Thailand by 2 fisherman. The weight is recorded at a groundbreaking 645 lbs. This catfish was considered to be a monster type species of catfish in the local area of Thailand. It was around 9 feet long and the image speaks pretty loudly how large this fish actually was. Details of what type of bait the fish was caught on are unfound.