Omega Protein fined $5.5m

Omega Protein Corporation is the world's largest producer of omega-3 fish oil

Omega Protein, Inc., producer of omega-3 fish oils, has been fined $5.5 million for polluting Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean with fish waste and oil-fouled water from it fish processing plant and through its menhaden fleet based in Reedsville, Virginia.

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