Empty nets in Louisiana three years after the spill

[phantom power]

About two-thirds of U.S. oysters come from the Gulf Coast, the source of about 40% of America's seafood catch. But in the three years since the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon blew up and sank about 80 miles south of here, fishermen say many of the oyster reefs are still barren, and some other commercial species are harder to find.

"My fellow fishermen who fish crab and who fish fish, they're feeling the same thing," Barisich said. "You get a spike in production every now and then, but overall, it's off. Everybody's down. Everywhere there was dispersed oil and heavily oiled, the production is down."

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/27/us/gulf-disaster-fishing-industry/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Of course this no surprise, no matter how often BP tried to deny the impact.

[cantbeserious]

2. Dispersing Carcinogens Will Have This Effect

eom

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. Good thing Bush 2 invaded Iraq!

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Lots of oil there . . .

CC

[limpyhobbler]

4. Whatever oil spills don't kill, acid oceans will.

Are Oysters Doomed? Don't believe in climate change? Talk to a clam digger.

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/animal_forecast/2013/02/ocean_acidification_and_oysters_shellfish_are_already_suffering_1.html

[tex-wyo-dem]

5. But, but...all those feel-good, self-serving BP commercials...

Say everything is hunky-dorey in the Gulf...it's like the spill never happened.

[Champion Jack]

7. Much like the natural gas commercials telling us how safe and clean it is...

Butterflies, rainbows and bullshit

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

6. Meanwhile, on the west coast in Oregon, oyster production is down

due to saltwater becoming more acidic because of rising carbon levels and harming the growth of the oysters shells.