More fishing closed off the coast of Florida as oil moves east

By Chris Kirkham, The Times-Picayune
June 05, 2010, 5:19PM The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has closed more than 500 additional square miles of fishing grounds off the panhandle of Florida beginning this evening, as the oil slick moves farther east. Yesterday NOAA closed more than 2,000 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico to fishing as far east as the Destin area. Today the closure area was widened as far east as off the coast of Panama City Beach, Fla. In total, 78,603 square miles of Gulf of waters, or about 33 percent of the federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico, are now closed as a precaution due to the oil spill.

More fishing closed off the coast of Florida as oil moves east