Fishing ban imposed in oil-affected Gulf of Mexico

Source: AFP

Louisiana's 2.4-billion-dollar a year commercial and recreational fishing industry was dealt its first major blow from the oil spill Sunday, as the US government banned activities for 10 days due to health concerns.

"NOAA is restricting fishing for a minimum of ten days in federal waters most affected by the BP oil spill, largely between Louisiana state waters at the mouth of the Mississippi River to waters off Florida's Pensacola Bay. The closure is effective immediately," said the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Louisiana accounts for an estimated one-third of the country's total oyster output, and the Gulf of Mexico are prime spawning waters for fish, shrimp and crabs, as well as a major stop for migratory birds.

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are not going to have any work.

:P

Top Necks.

We may not see them again for a long, long time.

Can you think of harder working people? They don't make lots of money, but they love their way of life so much that they don't care. If the slick creeps up the Eastern Seaboard, as predicted, that's the end of the watermen on the Eastern Shore, too. I think BP should have to pay the annual salaries of all the workers impacted by this disaster until the shellfish come back. If it takes 10 years, so be it.

People are cancelling trips and changing vacation plans by the hour. It's devastating to areas that haven't even seen the oil yet.