The catastrophic 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster led to the splitting of the federal Marine Minerals Administration into two separate agencies – one focused on offshore leasing and production, a
Kirk Moore is an Associate Editor at WorkBoat magazine and a field editor for National Fisherman magazine. He specializes in writing and reporting on marine, coastal, and environmental issues, with a strong focus on energy policy and regulation, environmental sustainability, and climate change. Moore has been featured in Coastal News Today, American Shoreline Podcast Network, GlobalResearch, CNHI, National Fisherman, and WorkBoat.








