All U.S. federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico once closed to fishing due to spill now open
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 08:30
in Earth & Climate
NOAA has reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 1,041 square miles of Gulf waters immediately surrounding the Deepwater Horizon wellhead, just east of Louisiana. This is the twelfth and final reopening in federal waters since July 22, and opens all of the areas in Federal waters formerly closed to fishing due to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.