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Gulf of Mexico - oil platforms may be used for fish farms
source: www.ctv.ca
03 April 2005

NEW ORLEANS — Thousands of oil and natural gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico could be converted into deep-sea fish farms raising red snapper, mahi mahi, yellow fin tuna and flounder, under a plan backed by the Bush administration.
 
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