BP oil spill: NOAA closes shrimp fishery

NOAA closed the re-opened royal red shrimp fishery after it received a report from a fisherman who caught tarballs.

NOAA has closed 4,213 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico to royal red shrimp fishing following the discovery of tarballs. This area had previously opened to all fishing, and fishing for finfish or penaeid shrimp species is still allowed.

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