Bycatch again…Omega is allowed to harvest 51,000 Metric tons of menhaden annually in the Chesapeake Bay. A Metric Ton is actually 2,204.6 lbs not our normal 2,000 lbs for a ton. So 51,000 MT equates to 112,434,600 lbs. 1% of that would be 1,124,245 lbs. Regardless of what kind of fish are in the by catch, 1,124,245 lbs is a lot. Read my earlier post, do something about it, sign the petition, call the governor, call your representatives in the General Assembly. It is time for this to stop! Move the Industrial fishery out of the bay into the Ocean.