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Boundaries of fishing ban expand in Gulf of Mexico


    MIAMI (Reuters) - The boundaries of a no-fishing zone in the Gulf of Mexico have been extended due to the massive oil spill off the Louisiana coast, authorities said on Friday.

    An advisory on the web site of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the closed area now represents nearly 4.5 percent of Gulf of Mexico federal waters.

    The original closure, in effect since Sunday, covered less than 3 percent of the same zone.

    (Reporting by Tom Brown; editing by Pascal Fletcher)