Florida is a big producer of seafood as we all know. After a early 90's net ban that crippled a lot of fisherman's lively hood and businesses, another situation might do much worse. A net ban is exactly what it sounds like. An oil spill is worse that what it sounds like. Pollution of our gulf and all of its creatures. What will this do for the economy of the south? What is there is a hurricane during the spill? Already, the spill has hit the region's $2.4 billion seafood industry. Key shrimp and oyster fishing areas have been closed, pushing prices much higher. The Gulf produces 73% of the nation's domestically produced shrimp and 59% of its oysters, says the National Marine Fisheries Service.
I'm sorry to say that i think the future of our gulf and our economy is unknown. This is one disaster we surely didn't need. Screw BP. They didn't want to take reresponsibility when it even initially happened. And this Brit Tony Hayward says he wants this to be over so he can get back to his life? WTF? What about the life of the south?
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