The farming and fishing town of 11,000 people last year closed seven of its nine schools.

这个只有1.1万人口的小镇共有九所学校，去年关闭了其中七所。

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A vast swath of the Gulf has been closed to commercial and sport fishing, a key economic lifeline for this impoverished area.

一片广阔的墨西哥湾沿岸已经停止了商业捕鱼活动。捕鱼活动是这片贫穷地区重要的生命保障。

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Large areas are sometimes closed to fishing, to allow stocks to recover.

大一些的水域时常被关闭禁止捕鱼，以使鱼存量得以恢复。

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Areas of the Gulf have been closed to fishing.

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And it's a good thing, because officials closed some of the fishing grounds.

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U.S.authorities have closed to fishing because of the spill.

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Thirty-seven percent of the Gulf is closed to fishing because of an accident involving a deepwater drilling operation.

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The waters near the plant remain closed to fishing, and Japan has tightened its standards to keep any contaminated catch from reaching consumers.

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Approximately 78, 600 square miles of Gulf of Mexico federal waters remain closed to fishing in order to balance economic and public health concerns.

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