NOAA Closes Commercial and Recreational Fishing in Oil-Affected Portion of Gulf of Mexico 

Monday, May 3, 2010 at 12:00AM
El Guapo in Environment, deepwater horizon oil spill

NOAA is restricting fishing for a minimum of ten days in federal waters most affected by the BP oil spill, largely between Louisiana state waters at the mouth of the Mississippi River to waters off Florida’s Pensacola Bay 

The closure is effective immediately.  Details can be found here:  http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/. 

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