NOAA Expands Fishing Closed Area in Gulf of Mexico (37% of Fed Waters closed)

[Robbien]

Source: NOAA

NOAA has expanded some boundaries of the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico to capture portions of the slick moving beyond the current boundaries – the most significant expansion includes an area off southwest Florida that covers waters just to the west of the Dry Tortugas.

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The closed area now represents 88,502 square miles, which is approximately 37 percent of Gulf of Mexico federal waters. This leaves more than 63 percent of Gulf federal waters available for fishing. The closure will be effective at 6:00 p.m. EDT. Details can be found at http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/. The last closed area modification was June 1, when 75,920 square miles were closed to fishing, or roughly 31 percent of federal waters of the Gulf.

Read more: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20100602_closure.html

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Yesterday 31% of Fed Waters were closed. Today it is 37%.

There are just no words.

[tomm2thumbs]

1. slow-motion death to the Gulf is not pretty - and it's all hidden under the surface

those dispersants weren't to prevent disaster, it was to prevent 'seeing' it - it's still coming