gulf of mexico fisheries

Floating cages with fish by the thousands may be popping in the Gulf of Mexico under a controversial plan that was backed by President-elect Donald Trump’s administration four years ago and is likely to gain traction again after Trump begins his second term next month.

The state’s proposed sediment diversions could inject billions of dollars into the regional economy, according to a new study sponsored by an…

A new report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says sea levels are rising twice as fast as they used to. They’re also warming up and…

One of the ways the state plans to rebuild land on the Louisiana coast is by sediment diversions -- diverting the silt, sand, and dirty waters of the…

The flooding Mississippi River is taking a major toll on Louisiana’s commercial fisheries.Many of the state’s fisheries, like shrimp and oysters, need a…

A report out this month says that the world’s oceans are warming much faster than expected. That’s already causing some fish species to move north, and…