Four of the nine pogy boats that left the Omega Protein facility in Moss Point have returned and prospects are looking good that the others will also be back, a company official said Monday. Omega ...
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - After some controversial fish spills along the Cameron coast, there are new rules for boats fishing for pogy fish, or menhaden. Before, the boats could fish within ...
Three massive fish spills that coated waves and beaches off the southwest coast of Louisiana last week has renewed calls for tighter restrictions on the menhaden industry. Two menhaden fishing ...
A fishing crew off the Louisiana coast reels in a large net full of menhaden. (Courtesy of Louisiana Sea Grant) In 2022, a menhaden fishing ship and its net boats spilled about a million fish off the ...
A decision on the most significant restrictions ever proposed for Louisiana's largest fishery will have to wait. On Thursday, the state Wildlife and Fisheries Commission decided not to decide on ...
Ben Landry, director of public affairs, said that fishing grounds east of the Mississippi River have largely been closed following the oil spill. "They were essentially back in Moss Point tied up," he ...
LONG BEACH, MS (WLOX) - Thousands of dead fish are floating in the Mississippi Sound after two fish spills from pogy boats. The Department of Marine Resources says 400,000 dead fish are floating in ...