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Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill: Size and Percent Coverage of Fishing Area Closures Due to BP Oil Spill

	Date of Closure	Area (sq mi)	Area (sq km)	Percent Coverage of Gulf EEZ	Percent Change in Coverage
2010	May 2	6,817	17,648	2.8	N/A
	May 7	10,807	27,989	4.5	58.5
	May 11	16,027	41,511	6.6	48.3
	May 12	17,651	45,717	7.3	10.1
	May 14	19,377	50,187	8.0	9.8
	May 17	24,241	62,784	10.0	25.1
	May 18	45,728	118,435	18.9	88.6
	May 21	48,005	124,333	19.8	5.0
	May 25	54,096	140,109	22.4	12.7
	May 28	60,683	157,169	25.1	12.2
	May 31	61,854	160,200	25.6	1.9
	June 1	75,920	196,633	31.4	22.7
	June 2	88,522	229,270	36.6	16.6
	June 4	78,182	202,491	32.3	-11.7
	June 5	78,603	203,582	32.5	0.5
	June 7	78,264	202,703	32.3	-0.4
	June 16	80,806	209,286	33.4	3.2
	June 21	86,985	225,290	35.9	7.6
	June 23	78,597	203,564	32.5	-9.6
	June 28	80,228	207,790	33.2	2.1
	July 4	81,181	210,259	33.5	1.2
	July 12	84,101	217,821	34.8	3.6
	July 13	83,927	217,371	34.7	-0.2
	July 22	57,539	149,026	23.8	-31.4
	August 10	52,395	135,703	21.7	-8.9
	August 27	48,114	124,614	19.9	-8.2
	September 2	43,000	111,369	17.8	-10.6
	September 3	39,885	103,303	16.5	-7.2
	September 21	31,915	82,659	13.2	-20.0
	October 1	26,287	68,083	10.9	-17.6
	October 5	23,360	60,502	9.7	-11.1
	October 15	16,481	42,686	6.8	-29.4
	October 22	9,444	24,461	3.9	-42.7
	November 15	1,041	2,697	0.4	-89.0