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Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' measured smaller-than-expected

from Ag Daily

Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' measured smaller-than-expected Ag Daily NOAA-supported scientists have determined this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” — an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life — is approximately 2,116 square miles, or equivalent to 1.4 million acres of habitat potentially unavailable to fish and bottom species. The measured size of the dead zone is the third smallest in the 34-year record of surveys. However, the average hypoxic zone over the past five years is 5,408-square miles, which is 2.8 times larger than the 2,035 target set by the Hypoxia Task Force. READ MORE

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