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Massive fish spill may lead to new restrictions on pogy boats in Louisiana waters

Por: The Advocate Sports October 08, 2022

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While it may seem like a given that and abandoning an industrial-size net would be illegal, a recent incident off the Louisiana coast revealed that’s not necessarily so.Last month, an Omega Protein fishing boat overwhelmed by an unexpectedly big catch cut its 1,500-foot-long net and dumped an estimated 900,000 menhaden, most of them dead, near Holly Beach in southwest Louisiana.Despite several complaints, the wasted fish and abandoned net,... + full article



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