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View full sizeCaptain Dean Ansardi stands near an oil boom on the deck of his commercial fishing vessel while on standby with the vessels of opportunity program in Venice, La., Thursday.From Bloomberg:
Louisiana reopened some commercial fishing areas that were closed due to BP Plc’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to an e-mailed statement from the office of Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reopened areas for finfish and shrimp east of the Mississippi River in Orleans, St. Tammany, St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes yesterday, the statement said. Tests by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found that fish in the areas were safe for eating. ...
“This is great news for our fishermen and seafood, processors who have been sidelined because of the oil spill,” Jindal said in the statement. “While these reopenings are a positive step, we continue to urge the FDA to test samples from the waters that remain closed so commercial fishermen across our coast can get back on the water.”
» Read the full story: La. reopens some fishing areas in Gulf as FDA tests confirm safety
More on the Gulf oil spill
» Outgoing BP CEO Hayward defends tenure, spill response [Wall Street Journal]
» Dudley to outline BP plans to help Gulf recover [The Associated Press]
» Was the scale of the potential environmental damage exaggerated? [Telegraph]
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