NATION IN BRIEF : TEXAS : Shrimping Allowed in Galveston Bay
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Seafood-rich Galveston Bay opened to shrimpers for the first time in eight days, but officials warned against fishing in waters stained with residue from a 700,000-gallon oil spill. The Coast Guard said it hoped to fully open the Houston Ship Channel, which courses through the bay, to all traffic for the first time since a tanker collided with two barges on July 28. A sunken barge is obstructing the waterway.
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