Fishing company searching for lost net full of fish

Fishing company searching for lost net full of fish

By Johnathan Manning and Jade Moreau

Source: kplctv

9/16/2022

A fishing company has released a statement after an abandoned net full of dead fish was seen floating in the waters off of Holly Beach.

Ocean Harvesters officials said the boat harvesting menhaden on behalf of Omega Protein lost the net on Thursday, Sept. 8, when it caught more fish than the net could handle.

The Coastal Conservation Association estimated the net contained about 500,000 pounds of dead fish.

“We hear this is a rare occurrence, but it seems like there were some serious mistakes being made here that I believe need to be answered for,” executive director of the CCA David Cresson said.

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