Obviously this percentage will be increasing for many months to come. The Obama administration continues to talk about how upset he is - furious, even - but BP continues to lead the effort.
US officials Monday expanded a fishing ban in the Gulf of Mexico by more than 1,000 square miles (2,600 square kilometers) amid a spreading oil slick.
Some 61,854 square miles (160,200 square kilometers) of Gulf of Mexico waters are now closed to fishing, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said. That area is close to the size of Tunisia, according to an AFP calculation.
NOAA'S last closed area announcement was on May 25, when 60,683 square miles (157,000 square kilometers) were closed to fishing.
