In April 1970, a group of black fishermen and members of the resort development community sailed to Washington, D.C., to deliver a petition with 45,000 signatures protesting the construction of the petrochemical plant on Victoria Bluff, near the Island. The trip was the culmination of a long and valiant fight to preserve the area’s natural environment that included environmentalists, developers, concerned citizens, and the members of the Hilton Head Fishing Cooperative.

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