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 ...

When most people think of Louisiana’s coastal waters, they picture prized catches like redfish and speckled trout or the shrimp and oysters that have made our state famous. But beneath ...

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).