Amanda McCoy [email protected] File So many thanks and so much love to all of you for alerting our community to the horrors of the menhaden-pogy boats (“Why Omega Protein has stirred up a big ...

Today, only two Louisiana based companies harvest menhaden in the Gulf of Mexico, Westbank Fishing in Empire (Plaquemines Parish) and Ocean Harvesters out of Abbeville (Vermillion Parish).

Last year, VMRC adopted a Memorandum of Understanding with the menhaden industry to minimize and mitigate fish spills through strict fishing restrictions during peak public use times ...