{"id":1377,"date":"2010-05-19T12:28:50","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T19:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2010-07-08T14:32:41","modified_gmt":"2010-07-08T21:32:41","slug":"senator-shelby-makes-right-call-requesting-gulf-fishery-disaster-designation-addressing-oil-spill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2010\/05\/19\/senator-shelby-makes-right-call-requesting-gulf-fishery-disaster-designation-addressing-oil-spill\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Shelby Makes Right Call Requesting Gulf Fishery Disaster Designation Addressing Oil Spill"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1378\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1378\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2010\/05\/IMG_0513.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1378 \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2010\/05\/IMG_0513-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2010\/05\/IMG_0513-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2010\/05\/IMG_0513-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2010\/05\/IMG_0513.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fishing businesses across the Gulf, such as these charter boats in Alabama, are facing major economic challenges from the oil spill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yesterday U.S. Senator Shelby <a href=\"http:\/\/shelby.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.NewsReleases&amp;ContentRecord_id=abb1e621-802a-23ad-4ddd-89cd2c1549a5\">requested<\/a> a Gulf of Mexico fisheries disaster declaration from the Secretary of Commerce in the face of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.<\/p>\n<p>EDF fully <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.edf.org\/pressrelease.cfm?contentID=11066\">supports<\/a> this action and encourages U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke to grant the request.<\/p>\n<p>The Gulf coast economy is closely tied to the well-being of its oceans. The uncontrolled oil spill severely threatens ecosystems and, by extension, the Gulf\u2019s multi-billion dollar fishing and tourism industries.<\/p>\n<p>By granting Senator Shelby\u2019s request, Secretary Locke can help provide\u00a0much needed federal assistance to affected Gulf fishermen and fishing communities.<\/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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2010\/05\/IMG_0513.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday U.S. Senator Shelby requested a Gulf of Mexico fisheries disaster declaration from the Secretary of Commerce in the face of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. EDF fully supports this action and encourages U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke to grant the request. The Gulf coast economy is closely tied to the well-being of its oceans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2010\/05\/19\/senator-shelby-makes-right-call-requesting-gulf-fishery-disaster-designation-addressing-oil-spill\" \/>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":[1017,1020,1018,1019],"coauthors":[5160],"class_list":["post-1377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gulf-of-mexico","tag-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill","tag-disaster-delcaration","tag-gary-locke","tag-senator-shelby"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Senator Shelby Makes Right Call Requesting Gulf Fishery Disaster Designation Addressing Oil Spill - 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\/19\/senator-shelby-makes-right-call-requesting-gulf-fishery-disaster-designation-addressing-oil-spill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senator Shelby Makes Right Call Requesting Gulf Fishery Disaster Designation Addressing Oil Spill - EDFish\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yesterday U.S. Senator Shelby requested a Gulf of Mexico fisheries disaster declaration from the Secretary of Commerce in the face of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 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