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Long-term effects of Gulf oil spill on shrimp, other species is still unknown
Gulf of Mexico shrimp, along with all seafood, has been tested extensively to assure that it's safe for consumption in the wake of the BP oil spill, but the long-term effects on fish species from that oil, and the chemicals used to fight it, are still largely unknown.
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Gulf of Mexico Alliance Celebrates Change in Leadership
Jerome Zeringue has become the new management Chair of the Gulf of Mexico Alliance, taking an active lead on behalf of Governor Bobby Jindal. Zerinque made Alliance history, shifting state leadership for only the second time since the Alliance was established in 2004. Louisiana takes over following a long and active tenure by Dr. Bill Walker and Ms. Trudy Fisher with the State of Mississippi.
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Second Gulf of Mexico dead zone stretches from Louisiana to Alabama
NEW ORLEANS — A new study finds that Louisiana's second Gulf of Mexico dead zone stretches at least from the Chandeleur Sound off Louisiana to Alabama's Dauphin Island — and could be bigger.
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Gulf Council approves red snapper fishing quotas
The full Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council voted Thursday to approve increases in the annual catch limit of red snapper over the next two years.
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Restoration Gulf Coast - Louisiana Flyway
Video regarding the migratory bird flyway in Louisiana and the wetlands that support it.
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Restoration Gulf Coast - Florida's Sea Turtles
Video regarding the survival of endangered sea turtles along the Gulf coast.
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Restoration Gulf Coast - Fish and Wildlife
Video about the Fish and Wildlife Foundation's involvement in gulf coast recovery.
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Restoration Gulf Coast - Alabama's Manatees
Video showcases the observation and research for the endangered Manatees.
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FLDEP: Drainage pipes across Naples beaches can stay
Florida environmental regulators are poised to let the city of Naples off the hook for a plan to remove drainage pipes that cross the beach and dump runoff into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Gulf of Mexico Foundation to leave Corpus Christi in 2013
CORPUS CHRISTI — To be closer to the heart of its sponsorship market, the Gulf of Mexico Foundation will move its headquarters from Corpus Christi to Galveston next year, the foundation's president said. The nonprofit organization promotes and funds research, education, outreach and conservation programs to address challenges for businesses and communities which depend on the Gulf of Mexico's health and productivity.
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Officials meet for Gulf Restoration
GAUTIER, Miss. — Federal and state officials have presented plans to hold BP to its promise to make the Gulf whole in the wake of the 2010 oil-spill disaster.
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Gulf of Mexico answer wins school’s geography bee title
Sixth grader Max Norman is the winner of the 2012 National Geographic Bee at Forest Grove Community School, part of the Forest Grove School District in Oregon. He correctly named the Gulf of Mexico as the body of water containing the smaller Apalachicola Bay, home to a nature reserve sheltered by barrier islands.
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Study examines impact of restrictions on dredging the Mississippi River
The cost of clearing silt from the lower Mississippi River on a regular basis is greatly outweighed by the harmful impact to U.S. economy if dredging is not done, which could force rigid restrictions to be put in place on cargo shipped through the waterway, according to a report issued Tuesday that was commissioned by a group of maritime businesses. Dredging sediment along the fast-moving currents of the main shipping channel between the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi River is necessary to reduce the formation of sandbars, officials say.
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NASA MODIS Image of the Day: January 12, 2012 - Florida Keys
Heavy winds blew across the Florida Bay in early January, 2012 stirring the waters and contributing to the dazzling array of color which stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Straits of Florida, and surrounded the Florida Keys.
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New Gulf of Mexico Shark Study Makes Surprising Discovery
Researchers at Dauphin Island Sea Lab in Alabama, who have been conducting a two year study focusing on the diets of Tiger Sharks in the Gulf of Mexico, have made a surprising discovery: not only are the sharks feeding on fish and other marine organisms, they are also feeding on land-based birds, such as woodpeckers, tanagers, meadowlarks, catbirds, kingbirds, and swallows.
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Drought threatens flock of whooping cranes
FULTON, Texas (AP) – Raising its slim, white neck out of the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, one of the world's last surviving whooping cranes hungrily searches a Texas marsh for the blue crabs and berries it devours during its annual migration to the Gulf Coast.
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Mississippi agriculture producers to help improve health of Gulf of Mexico through USDA initiative
KILN, Missississippi -- Agriculture producers in Hancock and Harrison counties are helping improve the ecological health of the Gulf of Mexico through a new U.S. Department of Agriculture initiative.
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Giant shrimp invading Gulf of Mexico
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND – An exotic, large species of shrimp is being found once again in the Gulf of Mexico and posing a potential threat to the $700 million Gulf shrimping industry, according to Tony Reisinger, a Texas AgriLife Extension Service agent for coastal and marine resources in South Texas.
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Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Requests Grant Proposals
RESTON, Va., Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) Research Board has issued a new request for proposals, RFP-II, which will provide up to $7.5 million per year for research grants to individual investigators or small groups of researchers.
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Cornyn opposes approval of Gulf oil spill funding bills
Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) is the only remaining opponent among Gulf Coast senators of a proposed bill that would funnel a portion of fines from the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster and oil spill toward ecological restoration along the coast.
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