Sunflower County, MS - March 21, 2019 - Farm employees work to move catfish "fingerlings" from a pond to a semi trailer at Nobile Fish Farm near the town of Sunflower.

Sunflower County, MS - March 21, 2019 - Will Nobile counts catfish "fingerlings" atop a semi trailer at Nobile Fish Farm near the town of Sunflower. Nobile's father began raising catfish decades ago and now he oversees daily operations of 60+ separate ponds in addition to agricultural fields.

Sunflower County, MS - March 21, 2019 - Farm employees work to gather catfish "fingerlings" in a pond at Nobile Fish Farm near the town of Sunflower.

Sunflower County, MS - March 21, 2019 - Farm employees work to gather catfish "fingerlings" in a pond at Nobile Fish Farm near the town of Sunflower.

Sunflower County, MS - March 21, 2019 - Farm employees work to gather catfish "fingerlings" in a pond at Nobile Fish Farm near the town of Sunflower.

Sunflower County, MS - March 21, 2019 - Will Nobile gathers a catfish net onto a large spool at Nobile Fish Farm near the town of Sunflower. Nobile's father began raising catfish decades ago and now he oversees daily operations of 60+ separate ponds in addition to agricultural fields.

Sunflower County, MS - March 21, 2019 - Farm employees work to gather catfish "fingerlings" in a pond at Nobile Fish Farm near the town of Sunflower.

Belzoni, MS - March 21, 2019 - Jason "Bubba' Braswell walks between catfish ponds at his farm near the town of Belzoni.

Sunflower County, MS - March 20, 2019 - Catfish "fingerlings" swim in a transportation tank on a tractor trailer at Jubilee Farms. The fish are moved to other farms where they are raised to maturity.

Isola, MS - March 20, 2019 - Vice President David Allen and President Dick Stevens stand in a processing room at Consolidated Catfish Producers, LLC.

Isola, MS - March 20, 2019 - A sign at the edge of town references the local catfish economy in Humphreys County, Mississippi.

Sunflower County, MS - March 20, 2019 - An aerator spins in a catfish pond at Jubilee Farms.

Sunflower County, MS - March 20, 2019 - Farm workers at Jubilee Farms move catfish "fingerlings" from a pond to tanks on a semi trailer, which will move them to another farm to be raised to maturity.

Sunflower County, MS - March 20, 2019 - Farm workers at Jubilee Farms move catfish "fingerlings" from a pond to tanks on a semi trailer, which will move them to another farm to be raised to maturity.

Sunflower County, MS - March 20, 2019 - Farm workers at Jubilee Farms move catfish "fingerlings" from a pond to tanks on a semi trailer, which will move them to another farm to be raised to maturity.

Isola, MS - March 20, 2019 - Employees work to process catfish fillets at Consolidated Catfish Producters, LLC.

Isola, MS - March 20, 2019 - Employees work to process catfish fillets at Consolidated Catfish Producters, LLC.

Isola, MS - March 20, 2019 - Boxes stacked for shipping at Consolidated Catfish Producters, LLC.

Isola, MS - March 20, 2019 - Downtown Isola, consisting of only a few blocks, sits largely empty.

Sunflower County, MS - March 21, 2019 - The sun sets over Nobile Fish Farm near the town of Sunflower.

Sunflower County, MS - March 21, 2019 - The sun sets over Nobile Fish Farm near the town of Sunflower.

Sunflower County, MS - March 21, 2019 - The sun sets over Nobile Fish Farm near the town of Sunflower.

Isola, MS - March 20, 2019 - Employees work to process catfish fillets at Consolidated Catfish Producters, LLC.

Belzoni, MS - March 19, 2019 - A cement catfish sculpture is displayed in front of City Hall in downtown Belzoni.