NOAA Closes 4,200 Square Miles of Gulf Waters to Royal Red Shrimping 24 November 2010

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Today, out of an abundance of caution, NOAA has closed 4,213 square miles of Gulf of Mexico federal waters off Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama to royal red shrimping. The precautionary measure was taken after a commercial shrimper, having hauled in his catch of the deep water shrimp, discovered tar balls in his net.

Fishing for royal red shrimp is conducted by pulling fishing nets across the bottom of the ocean floor. The tar balls found in the catch may have been entrained in the net as it was dragged along the seafloor.

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Following the report of tar balls, NOAA was in contact with shrimpers involved in royal red shrimping in this area. Only a handful of the approximately 250 permitted royal red shrimp fishermen are currently active in the fishery. The tar balls are being analyzed by the U.S. Coast Guard to determine if they are from the Deepwater Horizon/BP spill.

This decision was made in consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The closure becomes effective at 6 p.m. EST and does not apply to any state waters.

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20101124_closing.html

[Generic Other]

1. When I click on the links to EPA testing results

it says the "1,735 samples tested so far were collected from June to September..." No new tests since September.

[Nostradammit]

2. How many BP execs have been jailed so far?

Anybody know?

[Shining Jack]

3. K&R

[soupkitchen]

4. Abundence of caution?

Now that's an oily term if there ever was one.