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Gulf anglers get longer red snapper season

Gulf of Mexico anglers will have a longer red snapper season than they thought. A week before opening, regulators announced that the recreational season in federal waters for the popular game fish will...

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Commercial large coastal shark season to close

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says commercial fishing for large coastal sharks will close at 11:30 p.m. Friday in state waters.

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New bluefin tuna rules proposed in Atlantic, Gulf

Boats using surface fishing lines with miles of baited hooks would get individual limits for bluefin tuna under rules proposed to end the practice of dumping dead bluefin caught on hooks meant for...

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Study: BP spill did wide damage to sea-floor life

The vast 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill damaged the tiny animals that live on the sea floor for about 57 square miles around the blown-out BP oil well, with severe damage in about nine square miles of...

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Scientists to drop research drones into hurricanes

The point where the roiling ocean meets the fury of a hurricane's winds may hold the key to improving storm intensity forecasts — but it's nearly impossible for scientists to see.

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Researchers: Annual ‘dead zone’ to be average

Researchers say the annual low-oxygen "dead zone" that forms every summer off the coast of Louisiana will be about average size this year.

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Shrimp prices up as season closes

As the inshore brown shrimp season closes in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes, shrimp prices are up.

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Research drones launched into Hurricane Edouard

U.S. government scientists are launching winged drones into Hurricane Edouard, hoping to collect data that could help forecasters understand what makes some storms strengthen into monsters while others...

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Weather service to boost its computer power for forecasting

The National Weather Service is about to boost its computing power by more than tenfold, which officials hope will translate to better forecasts.

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Plan calls for expanding Gulf of Mexico reef sanctuary

A federal marine sanctuary protecting coral reefs in the Gulf of Mexico could grow five times in size under a plan being proposed to safeguard an even larger area of the Gulf from scavengers looking...

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