Gulf of Mexico – Ken Feinberg: “I overpromised” to victims of Gulf oil spill – al.com
In his new book “Who Gets What,” renowned lawyer Kenneth Feinberg confesses a cardinal sin in his handling of the claims process for the 2010 Gulf oil spill. “I overpromised…
Mississippi – Use RESTORE money to dredge Pascagoula’s bayous (letter) – Mississippi Press
In 1974, before the effective date of the Wetlands Act, Bayou Yazoo in my neighborhood of Pascagoula was dredged. According to my late father, one man with a drag line…
Mississippi – Stennis engineer receives NASA award for work on offshore artificial reef – Mississippi Press (blog)
BAY ST. LOUIS, Mississippi — Stennis Space Center engineer Bryon Maynard received a NASA Blue Marble Award for his role in converting a 107,000-gallon liquid hydrogen sphere and two other…
Alabama – Reefmaker searches for spot to make cargo ship a reef – al.com (blog)
ORANGE BEACH, Alabama — A 270-foot-long, 39-foot-wide ship named Yokamu made its way from Miami to Orange Beach on Friday as the ship’s owner, a company called Reefmaker, continues to…
Alabama – Wild oyster reefs in Mobile Bay and the Mississippi Sound are rare, precious, and delicate – Press-Register – al.com (blog)
Steve Crockett holds a handful of oysters grown at his oyster farm on Grand Bay, Alabama. Increasingly, farm raised oysters are replacing wild caught oysters on the Atlantic and Pacific…
Mississippi – Study: Oyster reef restoration could boost Gulf Coast economy – Mississippi Press (blog)
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi — Oyster reef restoration projects using penalty money from the BP 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill could provide quadruple economic returns for the Gulf Coast states, according to…
Florida – Locks Closing On Okeechobee Waterway – Southwest Florida (blog)
MOORE HAVEN, FL. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has announced it will temporarily close two locks along the Okeechobee Waterway in south Florida for repairs. The…
Mississippi – Deer Island reef enhanced by Mississippi Department of Marine Resources project – Mississippi Press (blog)
BILOXI, Mississippi – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ (MDMR) Artificial Reef Bureau and Shellfish Bureau have completed an enhancement project on the near shore reef, Deer Island North, which…
Florida – State agency asking anglers to join in research project on red snapper – Florida Times-Union (blog)
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists are calling upon anglers in the state to help conduct scientific research on red snapper and other fish that gather around natural and…
Florida – Gulf Coast coalition urges Congress to pass RESTORE Act – al.com (blog)
A coalition of more than 100 leaders of Gulf Coast cities, municipalities, economic development organizations and chambers of commerce have sent a joint letter to Congress, urging them to pass…
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