Menhaden fishing company Omega Protein has added a new vessel to its fleet in response to net spills last year that resulted in thousands of dead fish washing ashore on the Eastern Shore.

"I’m very concerned that staff were directed to remove the webpage ... in response to a politically motivated inquiry, yet again," one Virginia official wrote in an email. 

The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled law enforcement must have more than probable cause to suspect someone is carrying contraband in order to search that person without a warrant.