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Location of the reopened area. Credit: NOAA

Royal Red Shrimp Fishery Reopened in Gulf of Mexico

On February 2, NOAA reopened 4,213 square miles of Gulf of Mexico federal waters off the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to royal red shrimping. This area was previously closed to this kind of deep water fishing on November 24, 2010 after a commercial shrimper found tar balls in his net.  The tar balls [...]

Loggerhead Sea Turtle - Courtesy of Anand

Emergency Rule to Protect Threatened Sea Turtles in the Gulf of Mexico

A new protective rule will be temporarily enforced on May 18 in the Gulf of Mexico for a min of 180 and a max of 366 days to protect the Loggerhead sea turtles.