More Than 300 Square Miles of Deep-Sea Corals Protected in Gulf of Mexico - Oceana USA

Victory | June 21, 2018

More Than 300 Square Miles of Deep-Sea Corals Protected in Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council approved a plan to protect over 300 square miles of deep-sea corals in the Gulf of Mexico. The plan, titled “Amendment 9,” will protect 21 distinct areas, ranging from Florida to Texas, which scientists have identified as special coral habitats. Oceana has worked for more than a decade to identify and protect deep-sea corals from harmful fishing gears in United States waters and around the world, and has won victories for corals in the U.S. Atlantic and Pacific.