date:Sep 25, 2019
; 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 the growing dead zones in the Chesapeake Bay are the direct result of inadequate water filtration a job that was once carried out by menhaden.
Menhaden keep the ocean waters of the Atlant