Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Project Team
The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (GOMOS) website was developed in response to the calls for assistance by state regulatory agencies a few days after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion on April 20, 2010 and the economic inquiries coming from the public and the media.
The GOMOS website was developed starting in April 30, 2010 to provide long-term baseline economic information on selected economic sectors and communities in Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico region.
Post-GOMOS economic information about the selected economic sectors and communities are posted at the GOMOS website as updated information becomes available.
The GOMOS website was developed by Dr. Benedict Posadas with assistance from Amanda Seymour, Randy Coker, and Kit Posadas, Mississippi State University, Coastal Research and Extension Center.
The GOMOS website is based upon work partially supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture under Award No. 2010-41210-21185. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in the GOMOS website are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Additional funding was provided by the Mississippi Sea Grant Extension Program and the Mississippi State University Extension Service.