- Cabela's Speckled Trout Event Weigh In Location Relocated
BP Oil is now leasing the Coco Marina which was the original location of the weigh in site. - No "Dead Zone" In The Gulf
Oxygen levels in the Gulf are not low enough to create a "dead zone". - 3,114sq mi of Federal Waters In The Gulf Now Open
The area south of the Pensacola to Panama City area was reopened just in time for Labor Day fishing tournaments. - Vermilion Block 380 Fire Update
The fire reported this morning on the Vermilion Rig this morning has reportedly been put out. - NOAA Reopens Gulf Waters Off The Florida Panhandle
NOAA will reopen 5,130 square miles (8,256 sq km) of area it had previously closed to commercial and recreational fishing in the Gulf of Mexico
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Updates on the Oil Spills and Fraser River SalmonSpecial guest host Mark Melnyk gives an update on the Gulf Oil Spill and talks about a recent oil spill on the stretch of China's coastline on the Yellow Sea. And it looks like spawning sockeye stocks salmon in British Columbia's Fraser River are better than expected. Early estimates predict they will rebound from last year.
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- Spill Flow Rate: Estimated 20,000 - 40,000 barrels per day (840,000 to 1,700,000 gallons)
- Total response vessels: 8,050
- Total boom deployed: more than 2.84 million feet (regular plus sorbent boom)
- Oily water recovered: more than 20.7 million gallons
- Surface dispersant used: approximately 882,000 gallons
- Subsea dispersant used: approximately 402,000 gallons
- Total dispersant used: approximately 1,284,000
- Overall personnel responding: more than 29,000
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