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The
Gulf of Mexico is a major body of water bordered and nearly landlocked
by North America. The gulf's eastern, northern, and northwestern shores
lie within the United States of America. The gulf is bordered on the
southwestern and southern shores with Mexico.
The
Gulf of Mexico is well known for its calm sea conditions and excellent year round
deepsea fishing. Deep sea fishing on the Gulf of Mexico for grouper and snapper
is good most any time of the year. Other offshore fish such as kingfish, cobia,
tuna, amberjack, Spanish mackerel, dolphin, shark, barracuda, tarpon, permit,
mahi and giant red fish are all caught as they seasonally migrate through the
deepsea waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
The total area of the Gulf of Mexico is approximately 615,000 square miles. Coastal
cities along the Gulf of Mexico include Tampa, St. Petersburg, Pensacola, Mobile,
New Orleans, Beaumont, and Houston in the United States,Veracruz and Mérida
in Mexico, and Havana in Cuba.
Federal
Fishing Rules for the Gulf of Mexico
NEW GROUPER
AND TILEFISH REGULATIONS EFFECTIVE JULY 15, 2004
Recreational:
Maximum
of 2 red grouper allowed within the 5-fish aggregate grouper bag limit 
Commercial: Shallow-water
grouper quota reduced from 9.35 mp gutted weight to 8.80 mp gutted wt.
New
red grouper quota - 5.31 mp gutted wt (counts as part of shallow-water grouper
quota)
Commercial shallow-water grouper fishery closes when either the shallow-water
grouper or red grouper quota is reached, whichever comes first.
Deep-water
grouper quota reduced from 1.35 mp gutted wt to 1.02 mp gutted wt.
New tilefish
quota - 0.44 mp gutted wt All
other grouper regulations remain the same, including the minimum size limits of
red
grouper - 20 inches total length
gag and black grouper - 22 inches total
length recreational, 24 inches total length commercial
yellowfin grouper
- 20 inches total length
scamp - 16 inches total length Commercial
closed season on red grouper, black grouper and gag - Feb. 15 to March 15
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 The
Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
A
huge "dead zone" of water so devoid of oxygen that sea life cannot live in it
has spread across 5,800 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico this summer in what
has become an annual occurrence caused by pollution. The dead zone lacks oxygen
because of pollution in the form of excess nutrients that flows into the gulf
from the Mississippi River. Animals trying to live in this smothering layer of
water near the bottom of the sea must either leave or they will sufficate. To
learn more about the "dead zone" please visit the National
Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Assessment' s website.
NOAA's
Official Website
Gulf Of Mexico Facts & Information
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Gulf
of Mexico Depth
At a depth of more than 12,000 feet, Sigsbee Deep is
the deepest part of the Golf of Mexico . It is more than 300 miles long and is
sometimes called the “Grand Canyon under the sea.” Its closest point
to the Texas coast is 200 miles southeast of Brownsville. -
Gulf
of Mexico Size
The total area of the Gulf of Mexico is about 600,000
square miles
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Gulf
of Mexico Width
The shortest distance across the Gulf of Mexico is about
500 miles between the Mississippi Delta and the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula.
The greatest distance across the Gulf of Mexico is approximately 1,000 miles going
east to west.
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Gulf
of Mexico Ports
The Gulf of Mexico links the ports of five southern U.S
states (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas) and six Mexican states
(Tamaulipas, Vera Cruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo) with
the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.
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Gulf
of Mexico Shoreline
The United States and Mexico form the Gulf of Mexico's
mainland shore, which extends more than 4,000 miles from the Florida Keys to Cabo
Catoche, at the northwestern tip of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.
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Gulf
of Mexico Sanctuaries
The Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
contains the northernmost tropical coral reefs in the U.S.
Aransas National
Wildlife Refuge in Texas is the wintering ground of most of the world's whooping
cranes in the wild.
Padre Island National Seashore in Texas is the nation's
longest stretch of undeveloped beach.
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Gulf of Mexico facts: At
a depth of more than 12,000 feet, Sigsbee Deep is the deepest part of the Gulf
of Mexico . It is more than 300 miles long and is sometimes called the “Grand
Canyon under the sea.” Its closest point to the Texas coast is 200 miles
southeast of Brownsville.
Gulf of Mexico Size
The total area of
the Gulf of Mexico is about 600,000 square miles
Gulf of Mexico Width
The shortest distance across the Gulf of Mexico is about 500 miles between the
Mississippi Delta and the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula.
The greatest distance
across the Gulf of Mexico is approximately 1,000 miles going east to west.
Gulf of Mexico Ports
The Gulf of Mexico links the ports of five southern
U.S states (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas) and six Mexican
states (Tamaulipas, Vera Cruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana
Roo) with the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.
Gulf of Mexico Shoreline
The United States and Mexico form the Gulf of Mexico's mainland shore, which extends
more than 4,000 miles from the Florida Keys to Cabo Catoche, at the northwestern
tip of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.
Gulf of Mexico Sanctuaries
The Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary contains the northernmost tropical
coral reefs in the U.S.
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas is the wintering
ground of most of the world's whooping cranes in the wild.
Padre Island National
Seashore in Texas is the nation's longest stretch of undeveloped beach.
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