More Gulf waters open to fishing

GULF OF MEXICO — Gulf commercial and recreational fishermen Tuesday regained nearly 3,000 square miles of the vast swath of waters closed to fishing after the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reopened 2,927 square miles (7,581 square kilometers) of area it had previously closed to commercial and recreational fishing [...] [...]