{"id":1229,"date":"2010-05-08T08:04:46","date_gmt":"2010-05-08T15:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2010-07-08T14:33:58","modified_gmt":"2010-07-08T21:33:58","slug":"most-fishing-unaffected-by-oil-spill-in-gulf-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2010\/05\/08\/most-fishing-unaffected-by-oil-spill-in-gulf-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Fishing Unaffected By Oil Spill in Gulf So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government has <a title=\"NOAA Expands Commercial and Recreational Fishing Closure  in Oil-Affected Portion of Gulf of Mexico\" href=\"https:\/\/connect1.edf.org\/f5-w-687474703a2f2f7777772e6e6f61616e6577732e6e6f61612e676f76$$\/stories2010\/20100507_closure.html\" target=\"_blank\">underscored <\/a>what many fishermen, wholesalers, and restaurant owners\u00a0have been telling us &#8211; that the oil spill has yet to impact their operations.\u00a0 While everyone in the Gulf is worried about the impact of the spill, now and into the future, most fishermen across the Gulf spent this week in business-as-usual mode.\u00a0 The one big exception are many shrimp fishermen in southern Louisiana who are facing severe restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll have updates starting next week from the Gulf where our staff have been meeting with fishing businesses.\u00a0 The good news is that seafood is still flowing across the docks and many recreational fishermen who planned to head out on local boats will still be able to go.\u00a0 Definitely check with your captain before canceling a trip.<\/p>\n<p><em>Never miss a post! <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds2.feedburner.com\/EDFish\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a><\/strong> to EDFish via a email or a feed reader.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government has underscored what many fishermen, wholesalers, and restaurant owners have been telling us &#8211; that the oil spill has yet to impact their operations.  While everyone in the Gulf is worried about the impact of the spill, now and into the future, most fishermen across the Gulf spent this week in business-as-usual mode.  The one big exception are many shrimp fishermen in southern Louisiana who are facing severe restrictions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2010\/05\/08\/most-fishing-unaffected-by-oil-spill-in-gulf-so-far\" \/>Read the full post &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1947,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[1061,80,509,72531,250,975],"coauthors":[5160],"class_list":["post-1229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gulf-of-mexico","tag-bp-oil-disaster","tag-fisheries","tag-fishing","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-louisiana","tag-oil-spill"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Most Fishing Unaffected By Oil Spill in Gulf So Far - EDFish<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2010\/05\/08\/most-fishing-unaffected-by-oil-spill-in-gulf-so-far\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Most Fishing Unaffected By Oil Spill in Gulf So Far - EDFish\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The federal government has underscored what many fishermen, wholesalers, and restaurant owners have been telling us - that the oil spill has yet to impact their operations. 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