Articles tagged: commercial fishing
In East Texas, Chicken Plants are Polluting Rivers and Lakes with Oxygen-Sucking Contaminants
A report released by the Environmental Integrity Project identified Pilgrim’s Pride and Tyson as major dischargers of wastewater containing high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus.
The Gulf of Mexico’s “dead zone” — a Connecticut-sized stretch of saltwater where chemical runoff from farms in the Mississippi River watershed feeds ox...Read More
The Gulf’s Red Snapper Fishery Makes a Comeback
Red snapper fishing in the Texas Gulf is finally making a comeback after decades of overfishing, thanks to new sustainable commercial fishing practices....Read More