In 2022, a menhaden fishing ship and its net boats spilled about a million fish off the Louisiana coast, leaving the floating mass to rot in the summer sun. A few months later, another spill blanketed ...

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 ...

Two boats slide off the back of their mothership and into the Gulf’s green waters. Then the real work begins. With waves rocking them, the boats begin to separate, unspooling a net bigger than five ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A commercial fishing boat crew pulls up a net full of menhaden off the Louisiana coast. A commercial fishing boat crew pulls up a ...