The commercial menhaden fishery uses the purse seine method, a specially designed technique that minimizes environmental impact. Here’s how the process works: Contentions that menhaden fishing ...

The menhaden industry opposed Louisiana’s new buffers ... million fish-capacities deploy smaller boats that encircle the schools in long nets called purse seines. At least 44 large-scale spills have ...

The company deploys two vessels about 40 feet long and 13 feet wide that will circle schools of menhaden with a 1,100-foot long purse seine net in between them to scoop the fish up, Gehan explained.

This is a multibillion-dollar industry that has been impacting our coastlines for decades. Menhaden are primarily fished by purse seine fishing, a method where large nets are used to scoop up ...

The fishing boats use spotter planes to locate large schools of menhaden, and then capture them in large nets called purse seines, which can be more than 1,000 feet long, according to the National ...

(Virginia Saltwater Sportfishing Association/Facebook) Atkinson said company fleets use large nets known as purse-seines to catch schools of menhaden. Planes are used to spot the schools and ...

and relay their locations to the captains of purse seine boats who then circle the fish with nets, cinch them closed and haul the menhaden out of the ocean. They then sell the menhaden to Omega ...

and relay their locations to the captains of purse seine boats who then circle the fish with nets, cinch them closed and haul the menhaden out of the ocean. They then sell the menhaden to Omega ...