Severe U.S. drought undermined Gulf fisheries, raising food security concerns

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Severe U.S. drought undermined Gulf fisheries, raising food security concerns

A severe and prolonged U.S. drought in the late 1980s played a central role in one of the largest fisheries declines ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico.

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https://news.miami.edu/rosenstiel/stories/2026/03/severe-us-drought-undermined-gulf-fisheries-raising-food-security-concerns.html