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          FDA's Geographic Information SystemOffice of Security and Emergency Management FDA's Geographic Information System
  
  	
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Below is one example of GIS used during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response.

Map of sample locations for Opening commerical Fishing Areas near Barataria Bay Louisiana

For more information about FDA's response to the Deepwater Horizon situation visit the link below:

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

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