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Global Warming Shrinking Fish

A new study suggests that human induced climate change is not only increasing ocean temperatures but is also decreasing the amount of oxygen. The decrease in oxygen will likely shrink the average size of fish. From the Journal Nature: Shrinking of fishes exacerbates impacts of global ocean changes on marine ecosystems by William W. L. [...]
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Gulf Of Mexico

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) NOAA today reopened to commercial and recreational fishing nearly 7,000 square miles of Gulf waters about 180-200 nautical miles south of the Florida panhandle, between the Florida-Alabama state line and Cape San Blas, Florida. 93% of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico are currently open for fishing; testing [...]
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