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This week in #dwhstories, I provide a very broad overview of some of the economic aspects of the spill for further reading. One thing became crystal clear during the #oilspill: the health of our economy is intrinsically linked to the health of our environment.
One of the first economic dominoes to call during the #dwhspill was the #gulfcoast fishing industry. The Gulf region produces the most seafood in the continental United States. preview.tinyurl.com/vb6moqm
Unsurprisingly, the spill led to closures of Gulf waters for most of the summer of 2010. In June of that year, approximately 88,522 square miles of federal waters were closed to fishing, totaling almost 40% of all federal waters in the Gulf. tinyurl.com/rh53pgh 
