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NOAA Bans Fishing From Fla. Panhandle To Louisiana

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has closed the waters from the Florida panhandle to Louisiana to commercial and recreational fishing due to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco says government scientists are taking samples from the waters near the spill to determine whether there is any danger.

The fishing ban, which will last for at least the next ten days, extends between Louisiana state waters at the mouth of the Mississippi River to waters off Florida's Pensacola Bay.

So far crews have had little success stemming the flow from the ruptured well on the sea floor off Louisiana or removing oil from the surface.

Read the complete story from CBS 4.

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