Photo by V. Todd Miller/LSU AgCenter
Omega Protein General Manager Steve Williams and 4-H campers stand in front a mountain of menhaden meal, which can be used as aquaculture feed or dietary supplements during a tour of the processing plant at Marsh Maneuvers. The annual July camp teaches Louisiana students about the importance of marsh and coastal environments.
Photo by V. Todd Miller/LSU AgCenter
Workers mend fishing nets at Omega Protein, where 4-H’ers learned about the uses of menhaden, or pogy, at Marsh Maneuvers, an annual July camp that teaches Louisiana students about the importance of marsh and coastal environments.
Something fishy going on at 4-H Marsh Maneuvers
“It’s like a cross between dog food and burnt pizza,” said one attendee of the smell permeating the hot July air at Omega Protein, a sustainable menhaden processing plant near Abbeville.
He was part of a group of 4-H youths participating in Marsh Maneuvers.
For more than 30 years, LSU AgCenter and Louisiana Sea Grant coastal specialist Mark Shirley has been leading the five-day camp, which teaches Louisiana students about the importance of marsh and coastal environments. It’s split into four-week groupings every July.
