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| September 07, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center today announced that all operational hard boom used in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been removed from Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. More |
| September 03, 2010 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today re-opened more than 3,000 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico to fishing after determining the area is at a low risk for exposure to oil. More |
| August 26, 2010 -- The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, working with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, today announced that sea turtles nesting on Florida's panhandle beaches will remain to hatch naturally, suspending a plan to relocate the sea turtle nests due to concerns of oil in the Gulf of Mexico. More |
| August 26, 2010 -- The Unified Area Command on Wednesday announced that it is continuing to expand techniques and programs to determine the presence of sub-surface oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the coastal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. More |
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| August 25, 2010 -- The Obama Administration today announced that it will deploy officials to the Gulf Coast to participate in a series of "dockside chats" in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle communities to discuss steps being taken to verify the safety of gulf seafood. More |
| August 22, 2010 -- The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council met in Pensacola, Florida last week to address a host of fishery issues, including a supplemental red snapper season and the overfished status of gag. More |
| August 18, 2010 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today joined state, federal and partner biologists today in releasing 23 Kemp's Ridley sea turtles into the Gulf of Mexico following the rescue and rehabilitation of the turtles from effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. More |
| August 11, 2010 -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today filed a legal challenge to the Obama Administration’s offshore drilling moratorium. More |
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| August 09, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Monday evening update. More |
| August 08, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Sunday night update on the oil spill response. More |
 | August 06, 2010 -- Captain Sheryl L. Dickinson recently assumed command of United States Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg during a change-of-command ceremony in St. Petersburg, Florida. More |
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| August 04, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Wednesday evening update on the oil spill response. More |
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| August 04, 2010 -- BP announced today that the Deepwater Horizon well appears to have reached a static condition -- a significant milestone. More |
| August 03, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Monday evening update on the oil spill response. More |
| August 03, 2010 -- Update: BP has started its "static kill" operations today, and is pumping drilling mud into the well to seal it from leaking. More |
| August 03, 2010 -- The United States Fish and Wildlife Service, along with other federal and state agencies in Florida, on Monday released more than 45 sea turtle hatchlings that had been rescued in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. More |
| August 02, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Monday evening update on the oil spill response. More |
| August 01, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Sunday evening update on the oil spill response. More |
| July 31, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Saturday evening update on the oil spill response. More |
| July 30, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center posted a Friday night update on the oil spill response. More |
| July 30, 2010 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today announced that surface oil in the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is not a threat to southern Florida, the Florida Keys or the East Coast. More |
| July 29, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Thursday night update on the oil spill response. More |
| July 28, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Wednesday update on the oil spill response. More |
| July 28, 2010 -- BP today announced that it will pay an estimated $60 million in August on advance payments for claims made by Gulf Coast residents and businesses who lost income or net profit due to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. More |
| July 27, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Tuesday evening update on the oil spill response. More |
| July 26, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Monday evening update on the oil spill response. More |
| July 25, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Sunday evening update on the oil spill response. More |
| July 24, 2010 -- The Unified Command Joint Information Center has posted a Saturday evening update on the oil spill response. More |
| July 22, 2010 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today announced that it has re-opened to fishing one-third of the area of the Gulf that had been closed due to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. More |
| July 22, 2010 -- The Unified Area Command Center today announced that a plan is in place to respond to severe weather impacting the area of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response and recovery efforts. More |