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State of Alabama

September 27, 2012 -- The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold a meeting of its Law Enforcement Advisory Panel on October 17 in Point Clear, Alabama. More
August 31, 2012 -- The Salvation Army today is continuing disaster relief efforts in states affected by Hurricane Isaac by providing meals and volunteer service. More
August 26, 2012 -- The United States Coast Guard has urged the maritime community to monitor Tropical Storm Isaac’s progress and take early action to protect themselves and their property. More
July 28, 2012 -- The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will meet August 20 - 23 at the Astor Crowne Plaza in New Orleans, Louisiana. More
July 17, 2012 -- The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene its Reef Fish Advisory Panel August 6 and 7 at its office in Tampa, Florida. More
June 29, 2012 -- The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council recently met to consider various issues. More
June 29, 2012 -- The Secretary of Commerce has named five appointments to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council. More
June 28, 2012 -- The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council has issued a reminder that the recreational harvest of gag opens in the Gulf of Mexico's federal waters on July 1. More
June 05, 2012 -- The United States Coast Guard will conduct an airborne-and-surface sensor performance test beginning June 16 in the vicinity of Dauphin Island, Alabama. More
April 18, 2012 -- The Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustee Council today announced that $60 million in early restoration projects will soon begin along the Gulf Coast in efforts to mitigate damages from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. More
April 05, 2012 -- Former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour today spoke at a gathering of harbor pilots from states along the Gulf of Mexico, calling for increased investment in waterways infrastructure and a national strategic policy to prepare ports for increased cargo and container volume anticipated following the expansion of the Panama Canal. More
January 09, 2012 -- The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety today released a new report which provides an analysis of residential building codes in the 18 hurricane-prone coastal states along the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Coast. More
December 14, 2011 -- The Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees today released the Deepwater Horizon Draft Phase I Early Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment, the first in a series of plans for the restoration of the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, for public comment. More
December 05, 2011 -- The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force today released its final strategy for long term ecosystem restoration for the Gulf Coast, following extensive feedback from citizens throughout the region. More
October 27, 2011 -- Houston Mayor Annise Parker and Huntsville, Alabama Mayor Tommy Battle have sent a letter to the Obama Administration requesting assistance in quickly finalizing all aspects of NASA programs that would reduce jobs losses in both communities incurred due to the end of the shuttle program and other NASA projects. More
May 27, 2011 -- Colonel Alvin J. Bedgood has been named commander of the Civil Air Patrol's Southeast Region. More
April 22, 2011 -- The Deepwater Horizon Joint Investigation Team today released a preliminary report related to issues under the jurisdiction of the United States Coast Guard concerning the rig explosion and oil spill. More
April 21, 2011 -- The Natural Resource Trustees for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill today announced that BP has agreed to provide $1 billion toward early restoration projects in the Gulf of Mexico to address damages to natural resources caused by the spill. More
February 02, 2011 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today re-opened more than 4,000 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico to Royal Red shrimping after it was closed in November due to concerns of oil contamination from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. More
November 24, 2010 -- The National Oeanic and Atmospheric Administration has closed 4,213 square miles of Gulf of Mexico federal waters off Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama to royal red shrimping due to tar balls in the net of a commercial shrimper. More
November 23, 2010 -- The Federal Interagency Solutions Group, which was established through a request by the United States Coast Guard, today released a report revising numbers concerning the estimated "short-term fate" of oil discharged during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. More
November 15, 2010 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today reopened to fishing more than 8,000 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico that had been closed due to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. More
October 24, 2010 -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Friday reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 7,037 square miles of Gulf waters about 80 nautical miles south of the Florida panhandle, between the Florida-Alabama state line and Cape San Blas, Florida. More
October 15, 2010 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today re-opened almost 7,000 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico to fishing after it had been closed due to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. More
October 01, 2010 -- The Unified Area Command has issued its Weekly Update on the response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. More
September 19, 2010 -- BP today confirmed that "well kill" operations on the MC252 well in the Gulf of Mexico are now complete, with both the casing and annulus of the well sealed by cement. More
September 19, 2010 -- BP America Chairman and President Lamar McKay posted a statement on completion of the MC252 Relief Well in the Gulf of Mexico. More
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
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
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
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