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Miss. waters reopen for shrimping and fin-fishing
by The Associated Press
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Breanne Breaux, 10, of Westwego, La., fishes off a pier with her family in Lafitte, La., Friday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Breanne Breaux, 10, of Westwego, La., fishes off a pier with her family in Lafitte, La., Friday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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BILOXI — Authorities are reopening all of Mississippi's territorial waters in the Gulf of Mexico for all commercial and recreational shrimping and fin-fishing.

The order took effect at 5 p.m. Friday in waters south of the barrier islands, which are about 12 miles off the coastline.

Some shrimping and fishing had been curtailed because of the BP oil spill. Waters north of the barrier islands were reopened to shrimping and fin-fishing July 30.

All commercial and recreational crab and oyster fishing will remain closed in the affected areas.

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources says crab and oyster tissue samples were being tested. When tests show the samples are safe for consumption, additional areas will be opened for these fisheries.
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WTFDude
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August 06, 2010
This is interesting. Fox News showed some video from a fisherman's boat off the coast of Mississippi today that had dead fish floating in the Gulf for as far as you could see.

The fisherman even made the statement "if you listen to the state and federal government, these fish are safe to eat. So, I guess I should be gathering these up and taking them with me."

Haley and all these other oil-soaked (accepted campaign contributions from oil companies) politicians are feeding us a line of BS about what's really happening in the Gulf!
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