gulf of mexico

The federal government has decided not to place emergency restrictions on Gulf of Mexico shrimpers to protect endangered and threatened sea turtles from shrimpers' nets.

The search is on for a single-engine Piper PA28 aircraft that disappeared from radar while flying over the Gulf of Mexico about 40 miles southeast of Venice.  The Coast Guard began looking for the plane around noon yesterday, but didn't locate any signs of a downed aircraft or a debris field...

Researchers say the low oxygen area in the Gulf of Mexico called the "dead zone" hasn't expanded as much as expected.

The Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" could more than double in size as the result of floodwaters that have poured out of the Mississippi River.  Oceanographers at Texas A&M say the "dead zone" could grow from 38-hundred-square miles to more than 94-hundred-square miles....

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A panel set up to look at how to restore the Gulf of Mexico from last year's massive BP oil spill is meeting in Texas on Monday for the lastest of a series of meetings it has held on the Gulf Coast.

One day before the anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the  federal government says fishing can resume in the last area of the Gulf of Mexico closed because of the massive BP oil spill.

The U-S House Natural Resources Committee holds a hearing today in Houma so they can hear from south Louisiana residents and businesses that have been impacted by the drop in Gulf of Mexico oil production.

Washington, DC – U.S. Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-Southwest Louisiana) today applauded the announcement of a plan to address Colombian labor issues, possibly clearing the way for passage of the U.S. - Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) by Congress.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Commercial fishermen using longlines in the Gulf of Mexico are going to have to start next month using hooks that straighten out when grabbed by bluefin tuna.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal scientists say they have found 2,000-year-old coral about 20 miles from the busted BP well that leaked millions of gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Gretna woman has pleaded guilty to making a fraudulent application for money from the $20 billion claims fund that BP set up after the Deepwater Horizon rig blast spawned a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

LAFAYETTE – Wednesday, DNR Secretary Scott Angelle will testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources at a full committee hearing in Washington, D.C. on the economic and community impacts of the deepwater permitting delays in the Gulf of Mexico.

Washington, DC – US Congressmen Charles W. Boustany, Jr. (R-Southwest Louisiana) and Gene Green (TX-29) today introduced a resolution recognizing the importance of shallow and deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico to the nation’s economy and security.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jeff Landry (Republican, New Iberia), the House’s leading proponent of domestic oil and gas drilling, released the following statement after the Interior Department announced it approved Noble Energy’s deepwater drilling permit:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, DNR Secretary Scott Angelle and members of the Back to Work Coalition met with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael Bromwich and staff to continue the discussion of the obstacles affecting the issuance of new deepwater drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement has approved the first deepwater drilling permit for the Gulf of Mexico since the drilling moratorium began last June.

NEW IBERIA, LA – With oil toppling $100 per barrel and nearing 2-1/2 year highs, Congressman Jeff Landry is once again demanding the President to end his de facto moratorium on oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today joined other members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation in signing and delivering a letter to President Obama, explaining reasons why it is in the best interests of both the Gulf Coast and national economies to end the ongoing de facto moratorium on deepwater oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter today made the following statement outlining what he expected the president to address tonight in his State of the Union address.

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — The recent deaths of two manatees in northern Gulf of Mexico waters are being studied by staffers at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport.