Florida has become the first state to officially refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America," following President Donald Trump 's executive order directing federal agencies to adopt the new name. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis used the term in an emergency declaration issued on Monday ahead of a forecast winter storm.

The cities with the highest "shrimp fraud rate" were Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg, Florida, at 96%, according to SeaD Consulting. Only two of the 44 restaurants sampled were serving authentic shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico, a study found.

For nearly half a century, there’s been little thought about the name Congress gave to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council — until now. On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an order to rename the waterbody to the “Gulf of America” on federal agency maps, contracts, and other documents and communications.

That doesn't mean other countries will honor the new name. Mexican President ... More than half of Florida's coast borders the Gulf of Mexico, a partially landlocked body of water between the ...

Donald Trump will order the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Mount Denali in his first hours as the 47th president, The Post has learned.

Among the first executive orders signed by President Trump was an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America."

On President Donald Trump's Inauguration Day, Florida Gov ... change the name of the Gulf of Mexico.This is a move she said would take care of funding for new maps and administrative policy ...