Press Release: Omega Protein : Two Former Menhaden Fishing Vessels Intentionally Sunk as Part of Mississippi ...

(PR-inside.com) BILOXI, MS / ACCESSWIRE / August 24, 2023 / Two former menhaden fishing vessels have been successfully repurposed as artificial reefs, as the F/V Mermentau and the F/V G.P. Chauvin were sunk off the coast of Biloxi, Mississippi on July 26 and 27. The Mermentau and the G.P. Chauvin will now serve a second life as habitats for many Gulf marine species, creating new biodiversity hotspots and new destinations for divers and recreational fishermen. The G.P. Chauvin and the Mermentau were both previously owned by Ocean Harvesters, which fishes for menhaden in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico and is ..