The federal government announced yesterday it was nearly tripling the size of an area in the Gulf of Mexico that’s closed to fishing because of a massive oil spill of the coast of Louisiana. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association said it had closed nearly 46,000 square miles, or about 19% of federal waters. That’s up from the 7% of the Gulf that’s been closed to fishing boats since shortly after the offshore oil rig exploded April 20th, killing 11 workers. More than 5 million gallons of oil has leaked out into the Gulf.
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