Sinking of the Barataria Bay - June 10, 2015

On the morning of June 10, 2015, Omega Protein’s retired fishing vessel Barataria Bay began its next life as an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico. The nearly half century-old ship was safely sunk approximately 20 miles from the mouth of the Pascagoula River, off the coast of Mississippi, where it will now benefit ecosystems and sport fishermen alike. It is the latest collaboration between the company—the largest harvester of menhaden in the Gulf of Mexico—the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR), and nonprofit organization Mississippi Gulf Fishing Banks in creating new marine habitats in the Gulf of Mexico.

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