Another 8500 square miles opens in the Gulf of Mexico

Another 8500 square miles in the Gulf of Mexico has been reopened to commercial and recreational fishing.

The newly reopened area reaches from the Louisiana state water line to due south of the Alabama/Florida state line.
This is the eleventh reopening in federal waters since July 22nd.
The reopened area is about 3 and a half percent of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico and 89 percent of the current closed area.
No oil or sheen has been documented in the area since July 25th.
Federal officials say they will continue to take samples for testing from the newly reopened area.
The remaining closed area in the Gulf of Mexico now covers just over one thousand square miles surrounding the deepwater horizon wellhead.



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