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...
View ArticleCommercial 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.
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleStudy: 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...
View ArticleScientists 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.
View ArticleResearchers: 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.
View ArticleShrimp prices up as season closes
As the inshore brown shrimp season closes in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes, shrimp prices are up.
View ArticleResearch 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...
View ArticleWeather 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.
View ArticlePlan 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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