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‘Dead zone’ worse than average in Gulf of Mexico

Primary cause of the dead zone is nitrogen-based fertilizers in midwest fields that are washed down the Mississippi River by spring rains and in to the Gulf

By Undercurrent News | Aug. 1, 2013 16:47 BST
Acquisition revenue offsets Omega Protein's lower fishmeal, fish oil sales
Gulf of Mexico menhaden. Source: NOAA
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