NOAA expands fishing closed area in Gulf of Mexico; approximately 75 percent of Gulf still open for fishing
Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 21:10
in Earth & Climate
NOAA has extended the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico to include a large area of oil sheen patches crossing the eastern edge of the current boundary, as well as an area currently outside the southern boundary which a small portion of the sheen is moving toward.