NOAA Fisheries Service continually updates its commercial and recreational fishing closure notices. Area boundaries could be modified daily, based on where and how fast the oil spill is moving. NOAA will provide daily updates online by 12:00 p.m. EDT. Any changes to the closed area will become effective at 6:00 p.m. EDT the same day.
Fish
NOAA Reopens More than 5,000 Square Miles in the Gulf to Fishing
September 2, 2010
PRESS RELEASE: NOAA Reopens More than 5,000 Square Miles of Closed Gulf Fishing Area
August 10, 2010
NOAA Ship Delaware II to Collect Tunas, Swordfish, Water Samples on Deepwater Horizon Spill Study
June 25, 2010
NOAA Expands Fishing Closed Area in Gulf of Mexico
June 16, 2010