Officials say the change will “align” the agency’s identity with a January presidential order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. Fresh red snapper on ice for sale in Alabama.

No country technically "owns" the body of water. But, the U.S., Mexico and Cuba all border the Gulf and employ separate marine jurisdictions and protected areas off their respective shores.

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum is asking Google to limit any renaming of the body of water to the U.S. continental shelf, as dictated by U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order.

Rebranding the body of water bounded by the U.S., Mexico and Cuba as the Gulf of America — which Trump justified by stating in his order it “has long been an integral asset to our once ...

There are some things we (should) leave alone.” The National Maritim Museum of the Gulf of Mexico as pictured on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in downtown Mobile, Ala. John Sharp ...

Spain controlled almost all the lands from Cuba, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Mexico that bordered the 218,000-square-mile oceanic basin.

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum is asking Google to limit any renaming of the body of water to the U.S. continental shelf, as dictated by U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order.

Sheinbaum said Mexico is now sending a new letter back to Google, which reads "any reference to the 'Gulf of America' initiative on your Google Maps platform must be strictly limited to the marine ...

The Understanding Gulf Ocean Systems (UGOS) initiative supports research using ocean observations and modeling in the Gulf of Mexico to improve understanding and forecasting of the Loop Current ...

No country technically "owns" the body of water. But, the U.S., Mexico and Cuba all border the Gulf and employ separate marine jurisdictions and protected areas off their respective shores.