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Last summer residents of the Eastern Shore and other coastal areas complained bitterly about dead fish washing up on beaches – fish that were accidentally spilled from nets owned by a firm called Omega Protein. The company produces ingredients for nutritional supplements and pet food. This week, the state announced an agreement with Omega to limit future spills, but environmentalists doubt it will make much difference.
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For more than a decade, environmentalists and sportsmen have asked the state to ban industrial fishing for menhaden – a tiny, oil-rich fish that feeds sea birds, marine mammals and larger fish. Most Republicans have resisted efforts to limit the catch , but a member of the GOP is now leading the charge to end menhaden fishing in Chesapeake Bay.
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A spill last week is lending support to calls for an end to menhaden fishing in Chesapeake Bay. Those tiny fish are essential to the survival of marine mammals, sea birds and other fish, but a Canadian company dumped about 400,000 of them into the bay.
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Weather is always a factor for fishermen.So this year, Omega Protein Corporation, which has the largest menhaden fishing fleet on the Atlantic Coast,…
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Last week, Omega Protein, a menhaden fishing fleet, exceeded the amount of fish they were told they could harvest from the Chesapeake Bay.Omega, renders…
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Virginia’s legislature is back in session, and that means lawmakers will again be talking about a tiny fish called the menhaden. It’s the only fish…
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Meetings of fisheries managers are not exactly a big draw.But this week, Atlantic state commissioners' changes in harvests of a menhaden, a baitfish used…
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At a meeting in Maine this week, Atlantic coast fisheries managers agreed to increase the catch for menhaden, a fish considered crucial to birds, other…