NOAA reopens fishing area in Gulf of Mexico

Fishery closure boundary as of 7 June, 2010. Closure area may be updated daily as necessary. (Image: NOAA)

NOAA has opened 339 square miles of previously closed fishing area off the Florida panhandle – the northern boundary now ends at the Florida federal-state water line on the east side of Choctawhatchee Bay.

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