Gulf Ecosystem in Crisis Three Years After BP By Dahr Jamail | Aljazeera English via Truthout New Orleans - Hundreds of kilograms of oily debris on beaches, declining seafood catches, and other troubling signs point towards an ecosystem in crisis in the wake of BPs 2010 oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Its disturbing what were seeing, Louisiana Oyster Task Force member Brad Robin told Al Jazeera. We dont have any more baby crabs, which is a bad sign. Were seeing things weve never seen before. Robin, a commercial oyster fisherman who is also a member of the Louisiana Government Advisory Board, said that of the sea ground where he has harvested oysters in the past, only 30 percent of it is productive now. Were seeing crabs with holes in their shells, other seafood deformities. The state of Louisiana oyster season opened on October 15, and we cant find any production out there yet. There is no life out there. According to Robin, entire sectors of the Louisiana oyster harvest areas are dead or mostly dead. I got 10 boats in my fleet and only two of them are operating, because I dont have the production to run the rest. Were nowhere near back to whole, and I cant tell you when or if itll come back. Read the full story here: truth-out.org/news/item/19526-gulf-ecosystem-in-crisis-after-bp-spill
Posted on: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 04:47:38 +0000
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