NOAA Reopens More Than 5,000 Square Miles of Closed Gulf Fishing Area Tuesday NOAA reopened 5,144 square miles of Gulf waters to commercial and recreational finfish fishing. The reopening was announced after consultation with FDA and under a reopening protocol agreed to by NOAA, the FDA, and the Gulf states.
NOAA Still Expects Active Atlantic Hurricane Season The Atlantic Basin remains on track for an active hurricane season, according to the scheduled seasonal outlook update issued on Thursday by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service.
Federal Science Report Details Fate of Oil From BP Spill A third of the total amount of oil released in the Deepwater Horizon/BP spill was captured or mitigated by the Unified Command recovery operation according to a federal science report released today.