The federal government has reopened 4,281 square miles of federal waters off the coast of western Louisiana to commercial and recreational fishing, according to Jane Lubchenco, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Also tagged atmospheric, coast, commercial-and, federal-government, federal-waters, has-reopened, lubchenco, national, national-oceanicThe Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries ordered some areas near the Mississippi River that had been closed because of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill to reopen to commercial crabbing on Friday.
Also tagged areas-near, been-closed, commercial-crabbing, crabbing-on-friday, deepwater, deepwater-horizon, fisheries, friday, louisiana-department, mississippi, near-the-mississippi, oil-spill, ordered-some, wildlifeNew Orleans, Louisiana, Mayor Mitch Landrieu walked a political tight rope Thursday in Washington, D.C., as he assessed the progress of his city for a luncheon audience at the National Press Club.
Also tagged a-political-tight, assessed-the, luncheon-audience, national, national-press, political-tight, progress, thursdayA suspected serial bank robber dubbed the “Granddad Bandit” was arrested in Louisiana on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
Also tagged bandit, bank-robber, dubbed-the, granddad-bandit, louisiana-on-wednesday, suspected-serial, wednesdaySix teens drowned after they waded into unfamiliar waters and fell into a deeper part of the Red River in Shreveport, Louisiana, officials said.
Also tagged a-deeper-part, and-fell, deeper-part, officials-said, river, shreveport, teens-drowned, unfamiliar-waters, waded-intoAn abandoned well struck by a barge in southeastern Louisiana early Tuesday is still spewing a mixture of oil, gas and water, and it could take 10 days before it is capped.
Also tagged abandoned-well, days-before, gas-and, still-spewing, tuesdayAuthorities in Louisiana still don’t know how long it will take to cap a well struck by a vessel off the coast, as they tried Wednesday to minimize the damage from leaking oil and gas.
Also tagged a-still-don, a-vessel-off, a-well-struck, and-gas, coast, damage, know-how, leaking-oil, the-coast, vessel-off, vessel-off-the, wednesday, well-struck, will-takeDean Blanchard, a self-proclaimed king of shrimp, spent seven days a week running his Louisiana seafood empire. When the oil disaster shut everything down, he walked around in circles, feeling the powerlessness of a deposed monarch.
Also tagged a-seafood-empire-, a-week-running, deposed-monarch-, disaster-shut, feeling-the, feeling-the-powerlessness, seafood-empire-, the-oil, walked-aroundThe battle over President Barack Obama’s effort to suspend deepwater drilling will intensify Thursday at a U.S. Court of Appeals in Louisiana.
Also tagged appeals-, battle-over, drilling-will, obama, president, president-barack, suspend-deepwater, thursdayInterfaith leaders prayed for restoration and renewal for the Gulf of Mexico as they prepared for a tour of the oil-soaked marshes, wetlands and rookeries of the Louisiana coast Wednesday.
Also tagged and-renewal, for-restoration, for-the, gulf, leaders-prayed, mexico, the-oil-soaked, wednesday, wetlands-and