Gulf
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It has been identified as a gulf sturgeon
an ancient species that can grow to 9 feet and nearly 400 pounds, NOAA Fisheries reports
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Rod selection central to success along Texas’ Gulf coast
Late-Winter and Early-Spring Inshore Tactics for Trout and Redfish Rod selection central to success along Texas’ Gulf coast
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Gulf Of California Crash Causes Fisherman Dies
A fisherman has died near the small town of San Felipe, Baja California, after his small boat crashed with a conservation ship last week.
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Tracking Invasive Gulf Species
National Invasive Species Awareness Week is Feb. 25-March 3. According to the National Wildlife Federation, some 42 percent of threatened or endangered species are at risk because of invasives.
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Construction in progress for Gulf Shoreline Stabilization Project in Louisiana
With construction in progress for the Gulf Shoreline Stabilization Project at Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and other partners celebrated last week the work done to minimize coastal erosion in the refuge, located in Cameron and Vermilion parishes.
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Glaveston Gulf Oil Spill Restoration Meet
The Texas Trustee Implementation Groupwill hold the 2018 annual public meetingon October 15, 2018 at Texas A&M University in Galveston, Texas. There we'll provide an update on the work we have accomplished since the historic settlement with BP. We'll also highlight a few of our ongoing restoration projects and talk about our plans for future efforts.
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Red Snapper Abundance in Gulf of Mexico Being Estimated by Scientific Team
A team of university and government scientists, selected by an expert review panel convened by the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, will conduct an independent study to estimate the number of red snapper in the U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Boaters Warned by Coast Guard as T.D. Harvey Heads for Gulf Coast
The U.S. Coast Guard is advising mariners to take precautionary measures to secure all watercraft before the arrival of Tropical Depression Harvey Friday evening along the Texas and Louisiana coasts.
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Gulf Red Snapper Management Proposal from Legislators
Sen. Cassidy, Rep. Graves and Colleagues Propose a Better Way to Manage Gulf Red Snapper Washington, D.C. – The recreational fishing and boating community today applauded the introduction of the RED SNAPPER Act, a bill to improve the way the recreational red snapper fishery is managed in the Gulf of Mexico. The bill was introduced with bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress. Original cosponsors include Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and John Kennedy (R-La.); and Congressmen Garret Graves (R-La.); Cedric L. Richmond (D-La.); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-Texas); Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.); Blake Farenthold (R-Texas); Wm. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.); Clay Higgins (R-La.); Steven M. Palazzo (R-Miss.); Austin Scott (R-Ga.); and Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.).
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76 Million Acres Offered in Gulf of Mexico Region-Wide Oil and Gas Lease Sale
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced that the Department would offer 75.9 million acres offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida for oil and gas exploration and development. The region-wide lease sale scheduled for August 16, 2017 would include all available unleased areas in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico and provide a reduced royalty rate for shallow water leases to encourage exploration and production under current market conditions.
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New Seafloor Map Reveals Gulf of Mexico Details
National Geographic The floor of the Gulf of Mexico is one of the most geologically interesting stretches of the Earth's surface. The gulf's peculiar history gave rise to a landscape riddled with domes, pockmarks, canyons, faults, and channels — all revealed in more detail than ever before by a new 1.4 billion-pixel map.
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Oil Rig Fire in Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraftNEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a fire on an oil production platform near Grand Isle, Louisiana, Thursday.
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Causes Coastal Land Loss, According to NASA
The Louisiana shoreline in Barataria Bay during the peak of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill crisis. Photo by Bruce A. Davis, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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NOAA Plan to Restore Pelagic Gulf Fishes
The Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group (TIG) is implementing a project to help restore pelagic fish in the Gulf. This project will benefit the Gulf of Mexico in the short- and long-term and will compensate for impacts from the spill.
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Red Snapper Weekend Season Reopens
2016 Gulf recreational red snapper state weekend season reopens Sept. 2 The 2016 recreational red snapper season in Gulf of Mexico state waters (shore to 9 nautical miles) will reopen Sept. 2 and remain open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in September and October, and on Labor Day.
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Gulf Red Snapper Season Set
At its April 13 meeting in Jupiter, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) set the 2016 recreational red snapper season in Gulf of Mexico state waters.The 2016 season will open Saturdays and Sundays in May starting May 7.
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Studies Needed on Gulf Conservation Projects, Says Researcher
The settlement of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill fines — the largest pollution penalty in history — will bring an unprecedented opportunity to spend billions of dollars on restoration projects in the Gulf of Mexico region.
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Florida Gulf Recreational Snook Harvest Closes Tomorrow
Florida Gulf Recreational Snook Harvest Closes Tomorrow
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Red Tide Again Showing Off Florida's Gulf Coast
Blooms of the Florida red tide organism, Karenia brevis, are present along and offshore of Bay and Gulf counties and adjacent to Franklin County in northwest Florida, and along and offshore of Manatee, Sarasota, and Charlotte counties in Southwest Florida.
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Gulf Council to Meet in Galveston, Texas
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will meet October 5 - 8, 2015, at the Hilton Galveston Island Hotel in Galveston, Texas. Committee meetings will convene Monday at 8:30 am, concluding at 11:00 am Wednesday.
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