date:Aug 28, 2018
oblem, that 13 of the 15 Atlantic states have banned the companys boats from their waters. Yet the company is still allowed to fish in North Carolina and Virginia, as well as federal waters; the company's efforts result in the removal of half a billion menhaden every year.
Aside from the questionable act of depleting a public natural resource for a companys private profit, the damage to the ecosystem is cause for alarm. According to the Times, the muddy brown color of the Long Island Sound and