Louisiana’s coast supports a wide variety of uses, including conservation, recreation, commercial fishing, energy, and ...

A menhaden fishing boat overwhelmed by an unexpectedly big catch let loose a massive raft of dead fish off the coast of southwest Louisiana last week, sparking outrage from conservation groups and ...

As it said it would, Cooke Inc. has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed in a federal district court that claims the seafood company is defrauding the U.S. in the operation of the last East Coast ...

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has taken early steps to adjust a buffer zone that would allow commercial menhaden fishing closer to the state’s coastline, reigniting the industry’s ...

A large black blob spotted in the ocean near Cherry Grove has raised questions as to what it could be. There were theories of it being waste being dumped from a boat or a whale footprint, but it was ...

Louisiana native Ben Landry of Ocean Harvesters tells listeners buffer plan can protect jobs, reduce conflict, and keep Louisiana a Sportsman's Paradise BATON ROUGE, LA / ACCESS Newswire / December 4, ...

With summer in full swing, Chesapeake Bay fishermen, birders and environmentalists are once again faced with the harsh reality that menhaden, the most important fish in the sea, are scarce. Even Omega ...

The Virginia Saltwater Sportfishing Association’s Mike Avery inaccurately claims that the Chesapeake Bay’s menhaden fishery is hurting striped bass (“Advocates call for limits of menhaden fishing in ...

Sportfishing and environmental groups say tougher regulations are urgently needed for commercial catch of menhaden, a small ...

Louisiana officials are proposing that boats fishing for menhaden must be at least 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) offshore after boats spilled an estimated 850,000 of the small fish on Cameron Parish beaches ...

Over the week of July 4, 2022, people flocking to Chesapeake Bay’s Virginia coast were met at the water’s edge by hordes of ghastly visitors: hand-size silver menhaden washed up by the thousands, ...