In my teenage years, I dreamed of fishing trips offshore in search of the Gulf of Mexico’s coolest fish. I was like a sponge, constantly taking in all the information I could on or off the boat. It ...

The boat was slicing through choppy waves many miles out to sea when the cry went out and fingers pointed the captain toward a patch of blue water, boiling with gray froth. It was a pogie ball, a ...

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — Offshore fish farming would be allowed in the Gulf of Mexico under a plan approved by the agency that sets the body of water’s fishing rules. Fishermen complained that making ...

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BP is moving forward with plans to develop an offshore drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico worth $5 billion.

WASHINGTON— The D.C. District Court on Thursday found unlawful a 73-million acre offshore oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico held by the Interior Department in March 2023. The court ruled in ...

Energy companies on Monday began evacuating offshore oil platforms as the 25th named storm of the year formed in the Caribbean and was forecast to move into the Gulf of Mexico and threaten the Gulf ...