Fishermen Perspective

The fishermen all agree that they are all affected by the spill and and have subsequently felt major losses (Burdeau 2012). Seafood crops of all sorts have hit absolute rock bottom in some places while others are still making good money (Burdeau 2012). Those who were making money were making money because the demand for seafood was so high; people were willing to pay crazy prices (Burdeau 2012). Thankfully they did not have to haul as much as before in order to make ends meet. During the fishing season the total amount of seafood caught combined did not even reach half of the amount hauled in the past few years (Burdeau 2012). As Ken Lee, a shrimp dock owner said, “the oil spill has ruined us, we’re hardly unloading any brown shrimp at all” (Burdeau 2012).(Alexander-Bloch 2012)

Works cited:

Alexander-Bloch, B. (2012) Long Term Effects of Gulf Oil Spill in Shrimp, Other Species Still Unknown. NOLA. The Times-Picayune. (Date accessed: February 13, 2013.) www.nola.com/

Burdeau, C. (2012) Fishing Industry Still Reeling From Effects of 2010 BP Oil Spill. Denver Post.    
Associated Press. (Date accessed: February 9, 2013.) www.denverpost.com/