Possible Storm May Worsen Gulf Oil Spill Situation
No Dead-Zones in Gulf From BP Dispersant & Oil-Eating Microbes
British Tech Firm Offers to Clean Up Gulf Surface Oil - BP gives No Response
BP Oil Spill Changes Lives of Gulf Residents
Coast Guard “Cautiously Optimistic” That BP Top Hat Operation is Working
New BP Oil Spill Report - 80 Percent of Oil Still in Gulf
Off-Shore Oil Drilling Moratorium Overturned by New Orleans Judge
Oil Spill Disaster means big bills for BP
Another Gulf Oil Spill - SPECIAL REPORT
BP Oil Spill Timeline - Ongoing Disaster
Corexit Oil Dispersant - The Health Menace That May Keep ‘Giving and Giving’
National Oil Spill Commission Begins Public Meetings
Tropical Storm Threatens Completion of BP Relief Well
Oil Spill Partners in Crime – BP, Transocean, and Halliburton
BP Has 24 Hours to Provide Answers About Oil Spill
Gulf Seafood Safety Remains Questionable
Although white shrimp areas in the Gulf have been opened for fishing, there is still concern that Gulf seafood may not be safe to eat. U.S. government BP oil spill response leader Thad Allen has reiterated that Gulf seafood is safe for consumption, citing that the seafood is undergoing more testing than other seafood.
Despite the reassurances of Allen and Jane Lubchenco, NOAA’s administration chief, some fishermen are seeing a significant drop in the demand for Gulf seafood. An official with the Alabama Seafood Association reports that several long-time distributors for Gulf seafood are canceling orders.
The sheer extent of the BP oil spill and the months spent trying to clean up the oil spill has had a devastating effect on the Gulf seafood industry. Along with the physical effect of the BP oil spill on the water and marine life, many shrimpers have been working for BP in oil spill skimming operations and in shoreline boom installations.
This situation is likely to change soon as BP has reduced its fleet of skimmers from 343 to 40. The question then remains, what will shrimpers do next? Will they fish for shrimp that no one wants, or will there even be enough shrimp available to make it worthwhile?
Recommended for Further Reading:
- Possible Storm May Worsen Gulf Oil Spill Situation
- No Dead-Zones in Gulf From BP Dispersant & Oil-Eating Microbes
- British Tech Firm Offers to Clean Up Gulf Surface Oil - BP gives No Response
- BP Oil Spill Changes Lives of Gulf Residents
- Coast Guard “Cautiously Optimistic” That BP Top Hat Operation is Working
- New BP Oil Spill Report - 80 Percent of Oil Still in Gulf
- Off-Shore Oil Drilling Moratorium Overturned by New Orleans Judge
- Oil Spill Disaster means big bills for BP
- Another Gulf Oil Spill - SPECIAL REPORT
- BP Oil Spill Timeline - Ongoing Disaster
- Corexit Oil Dispersant - The Health Menace That May Keep ‘Giving and Giving’
- National Oil Spill Commission Begins Public Meetings
- Tropical Storm Threatens Completion of BP Relief Well
- Oil Spill Partners in Crime – BP, Transocean, and Halliburton
- BP Has 24 Hours to Provide Answers About Oil Spill
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