Dahr Jamal: Fishermen Report Louisiana Bays Filled With Oil

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On Saturday, October 23, Truthout spotted what appeared to be massive areas of weathered oil floating near Louisiana's fragile marshlands in both East and West Bays along the Mississippi River Delta. In addition, at least two more oil leaks were spotted near oil and gas platforms along Louisiana's embattled coastline.

Four days prior, federal on-scene cleanup coordinator for the BP oil disaster, Coast Guard Rear Adm. Paul Zukunft, declared there was little recoverable surface oil in the Gulf of Mexico.

Both Bays cover an area of roughly 70 square miles of open water that surround Southwest Pass, the main shipping channel of the Mississippi River. While East Bay remains closed for fishing, West Bay was currently open for fishing when Truthout spotted the substance on October 23, despite the fact that the day before a BP oil cleanup crew had reported oil in West Bay to a local newspaper.

"They are literally shrimping in oil," Jonathan Henderson, the coastal resiliency organizer of the environmental group the Gulf Restoration Network, who was with Truthout on the flight, exclaimed while our plane flew near the fishermen.

MORE:
http://www.truth-out.org/fishermen-report-louisiana-bays-filled-with-oil64564

[northoftheborder]

1. This needs to be reported nationally.

[Angry Dragon]

3. Nobody that has the power to do anything .... gives a damn

The media does not report it, the Coast Guard works for bp,
bp could care less, and the elected officials are too busy
looking for a job to do anything.

[Generic Other]

9. They are owned by corporate powers who want the info buried

BP has too much power.

[KeepItReal]

2. "The Coast Guard should change the color of their uniforms, since they are working for BP"

I guess that thought should also apply to "Bobby" Jindal's Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

[Generic Other]

4. Call them the BP Guard

This isn't much better!!

"The LDWF (Louisiana Department of Wildlife) web site has a number to call in order to report oil sightings. When Truthout called that number, the call was answered by a BP response call center."

[earth mom]

5. When the hell is someone in high office going to actually DO something about this crime?

Anyone who excuses Obama & Congress for this is an ass kisser.

[Poboy]

6. Comment-

"msredneck said on October 25, 2010 at 6:47 PMI work offshore about 20 miles from were the spill happened in the South Pass area.Last week we were spotting oil popping up near our platform. We shut in our platform and got a dive boat to come investigate our pipelines at a cost of 1.5 million dollars a day.The final result was the oil was coming from the gulf floor and was coming to the top due to the under water currents this cost our employer over 6 million dollars due to the dive boat and lost production.So if you believe the hipe that the oil has gone your badly mistaken,it will take years for this disater to be over."

Scientists say oil is still out there in the Gulf
by Maya Rodriguez / Eyewitness News
wwltv.com
Posted on October 25, 2010 at 3:35 PM
Updated Monday, Oct 25 at 8:13 PM

link-

http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/Greenpeace-says-oil-is-still-out-there-in-the-Gulf-105714928.html

[Generic Other]

7. Interesting post. Thanks for sharing that one!!

Looks like BP's negligence is going to cost other oil companies money. Yay for the whistleblowers!

[Poboy]

11. Yes, I too thought it was very interesting.

And thank you for keeping up on this story.

[Kurovski]

8. Kick. (nt)

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. K&R

[Poboy]

12. .

[Panaconda]

13. Bumping