NOAA reopens more oil spill areas

Reopened fishing area (in hashmarks) on 3 September 2010. (Image: NOAA)

NOAA has reopened 3,114 square miles of Gulf waters offshore of the western Florida panhandle to commercial and recreational fishing. The reopening followed a consultation with FDA and under a re-opening protocol agreed to by NOAA, the FDA, and the Gulf states.

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