NOAA Reopens Nearly 7,000 Square Miles in the Gulf of Mexico to Fishing
On Oct. 15, NOAA reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 6,879 square miles of Gulf waters about 180-200 nautical miles south of the Florida panhandle, between the Florida-Alabama state line and Cape San Blas, Fla. This is the ninth reopening in federal waters since July 22.Read more http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20101015_reopening.html