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NOAA Reopens 4,213 square miles for shrimp harvest
NEW ORLEANS — NOAA tomorrow will reopen 4,213 square miles of Gulf of Mexico federal waters off Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to royal red shrimping. The area was closed to this type of deep water fishing on Nov. 24 as a precautionary measure a
Read more…NOAA Reopens More Than 8,000 Square Miles in the Gulf of Mexico to Fishing
11/15/2010 03:22 PM EST
99.6 percent of federal waters now open
NOAA today reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 8,403 squaremiles of Gulf waters which extend from the Louisiana state water line to due south of the Alabama/Florida state
Read more…BP TO PAY $20 MILLION TO FUND SEAFOOD INSPECTIONS
BRONSON ANNOUNCES THAT BP TO PAY $20 MILLION TO FUND SEAFOOD INSPECTIONS AND MARKETING EFFORTS IN WAKE OF OIL SPILL
TALLAHASSEE -- Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson today announced that BP will pay $20 million t
96 percent of federal waters now open in Gulf
NOAA reopens more than 7,000 square miles in the Gulf of Mexico to fishing
96 percent of federal waters now open
NOAA today reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 7,037 square miles of Gulf waters about 80 nautical miles south of the Florida p
Sea Turtles returned to Gulf Waters
NOAA, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and
Audubon Nature Institute Return Sea Turtles to Gulf Waters
10/21/2010 02:22 PM EDT
Scientists from NOAA, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Audubon Nature Institute joine
90 percent of federal waters now open
NOAA Reopens Nearly 3,000 Square Miles in the Gulf of Mexico to Fishing
WASHINGTON – NOAA today reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 2,927 square miles of Gulf waters off eastern Louisiana, directly south and southwest of East Bay. This is
Subsurface Oil: What Is It and What Is the Risk?
National Incident Command Explains Subsurface Oil: What Is It and What Is the Risk?
You’ve probably heard the term “subsurface oil” during the past several months of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response.
National Incident Command – the organization
NOAA Reopens More Than 5,000 Square Miles in the Gulf of Mexico to Fishing
10/01/2010 02:45 PM EDT
89 percent of federal waters now open
NOAA today reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 5,628 square miles of Gulf waters off eastern Louisiana, just west of the Mississippi River delta. This is the seventh reopening in
NOAA Reopens More than 3,000 Square Miles in the Gulf to Fishing
Today NOAA reopened 3,114 square miles of Gulf waters offshore of the western Florida panhandle to commercial and recreational fishing. The reopening was announced after consultation with FDA and under a re-opening protocol agreed to by NOAA, the FDA
FWC stops relocating sea turtle nests from Gulf Coast beaches
Sea turtle nests to remain on beaches of Northwest Florida, Alabama
After nearly two months of work to translocate sea turtle nests on Florida’s northwest coast and Alabama’s coast, the unprecedented operation was suspended last week as
Scientists Release the First Rescued, Rehabilitated Sea Turtles Back into the Gulf
NOAA administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco and Adm. Thad Allen joined state, federal, and partner biologists today as they released 23 Kemp’s ridley sea turtles back into the Gulf of Mexico near Cedar Key, Fla., after the turtles were successf
FWC to stop moving turtle eggs from some Panhandle beaches
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commision Ends Relocation of Sea Turtle Eggs in Franklin and Gulf Counties
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), working with partners from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA’s Nat
Closed shrimp-harvesting area in Escambia County reopens
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will reopen state waters offshore of Escambia County to the harvest of shrimp at 12:01 a.m. on Aug. 17. The FWC had temporarily closed this area to the harvest of fish, shrimp and crabs on
Read more…NOAA Reopens More than 5,000 Square Miles of Closed Gulf Fishing Area
NOAA Reopens More than 5,000 Square Miles of Closed Gulf Fishing Area
No oil has been observed for 30 days in area to be re-opened for fishing
Today NOAA reopened 5,144 square miles of Gulf waters to commercial and recreational finfish fishing. The reo
FWC rescuing oil-impacted sea turtles with help from Gulf fishermen
FWC rescuing oil-impacted sea turtles with help from Gulf fishermen
Although the effects of the oil spill are decreasing in Florida, the threat to wildlife remains. Biologists and commercial charter boat fishermen are teaming up to help oil-impacte
NOAA: Gulf’s Surface Oil Not a Threat to Southern Florida, Keys, and East Coast
NOAA: Gulf’s Surface Oil Not a Threat to Southern Florida, Keys, and East Coast
Southern Florida, the Florida Keys, and the East Coast are not likely to experience any effects from the remaining oil on the surface of the Gulf as the oil continues to d
Scientists Ask Public to Report Banded Birds
Scientists Ask Public to Report Banded Birds to Help Scientific Research
HOUMA, La.- With large numbers of birds being rescued, treated, and relocated in the Gulf States as a result of the BP oil spill, people seeing banded birds are asked to report s
Oil reported in Lake Pontchartrain
Oil reported in Lake Pontchartrain
HOUMA, La. - Oil observers reported sheen and tar balls in the Rigolets and Lake Pontchartrain this morning to the Slidell Forward Operating Base of the Deepwater Horizon Response.
Response crews placed a combined 600
FWC: Sea turtle eggs moved from Gulf to hatch near Cape Canaveral
FWC, partners give sea turtle hatchlings a fighting chance
Sea turtle hatchlings face great challenges when they crawl to the water, swim offshore, and begin their lives in the ocean. They face many dangerous obstacles, both on the bea
