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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signs order for ‘Gulf of America’ change to all state laws, documents
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signs order for ‘Gulf of America’ change to all state laws, documents
by Greg LaRose, Louisiana Illuminator
March 13, 2025
GRAY – Following the lead of President Donald Trump, Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order Thursday that directs state agencies to change all references to the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana laws and other documents to the “Gulf of America.”
Landry, who signed the order before he spoke at a business luncheon in Terrebonne Parish, invited state lawmakers in attendance to join in for the ceremony.
The same order also urges Congress to make the same name change to the body of water and establish what the governor called a “uniform state territorial jurisdiction of water limits.”
“That means we’re going to all get the same amount of miles off the coast as everyone else,” Landry told the audience.
Florida and Texas claim fishing and energy exploration rights to waters 9 nautical miles off their respective Gulf coasts, but the limit in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama is 3 miles. The difference goes back to when Florida and Texas gained their statehood in 1845. Both were allowed to maintain the offshore boundaries established when they were Spanish territories, while the other three states stayed at the 3-mile mark then-Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson established in 1793.
Members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation have tried unsuccessfully for decades to extend its offshore water to 9 miles.
A copy of the executive order wasn’t immediately available from the governor’s office.
This is a developing story that will be updated.
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