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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Pushing commercial menhaden fishing farther off the Louisiana coast may appease anglers and conservationists, but it would come at a heavy cost to the industry, according to a new report from state ...

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 ...

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 ...