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Menhaden Protest at Omega Processing Plant
Greenpeace activists deploy a banner, "Factory Fishing is Overkill", in front of the Omega Protein's fish processing facility on Cockrell's Creek in Reedville.
Unique identifier:
GP02H8T
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
25/07/2005
Locations:
North America
,
United States of America
,
Virginia
Credit line:
© Robert Visser / Greenpeace
Ranking:
★★★★★★ (B)
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Omega Factory Fishing Protest in the US
Greenpeace activists display a strong of banners reading "Factory Fishing is Overkill at Omega Protein's menhadden processing facility in Reedville. Omega's harvest of Menhaden has made Reedville the third largest fishing port in America by tonnage of fish landed. Omega grinds menhaden into fishmeal for poultry and pig feed. Menhaden are an important species to preserve the health of the Chesapeake Bay's ecosystem. The species is a plankton-eating filter feeder.
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