Louisiana’s fertile and fish-filled marshes are a short boat ride away from the Mississippi coast, but might as well be across the world since recreational fishing closures were enacted following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. With no oil yet in these marshes, why has fishing been prohibited?
Health hazards related to eating fish contaminated from the 5,000 barrels of oil spewing through the Gulf floor every day from the Deepwater Horizon site are likely being substantially overblown, according to a retired marine biology professor. […]
Recreational fishing in much of Southeast Louisiana, including the Chandeleur Islands and the Biloxi marshes, was closed April 30 as oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster edged into to the coast. […]
All fishing in federal waters between the mouth of the Mississippi River and Florida’s Pensacola Bay has been halted in the wake of the oil spill at the destroyed Deepwater Horizon rig. […]
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