Oil Spill
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This is getting bad y’all. They’ve opened an emergency shrimping season in LA so the shrimpers can grab as many shrimp as possible before they become fouled with oil. Louisiana’s coastal redfishery, at least east of the mouth of the Mississippi, is about to be straight up ruined. I am really concerned that Gulf Shores and the Florida Panhandle will be hit too (which incidentally would devastate their economy – who wants to go to an oily beach?)
It’s not like there’s anything we can do. If you’re guiding in Louisiana, maybe someone here would be kind enough to offer you a bed and a look at their local water somewhere else (Carolina, Florida), so you can pick up sticks and ride this thing out?
Zach
I dont know how many folks on this forum are around the gulf area but for anybody that is interested in helping solve the problem, here is some info:
The Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, Mobile BayKeeper and the Alabama Coastal Foundation are collecting contact information from individuals who are interested in assisting with cleanup efforts along the Alabama coast should oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill reach the state’s shores.
“Right now volunteers are not being deployed but we want to be prepared and ready to assist when asked to help by Unified Command,” said Roberta Swann of the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program.
People interested in adding their names to a list of volunteers should contact one of the organizations listed below to assist in coordinated cleanup activities. Contact information should include: name, street address, phone, email address and a list of any available resources such as boats, plastic bags or gloves.
* Alabama Coastal Foundation 251-990-6002 Info@joinacf.org
* Mobile Bay NEP 251-431-6409 mbnep@mobilebaynep.com
* Mobile Baykeeper 251-433-4229 callaway@mobilebaykeeper.org
Now I’m not sure about other states but if you’re interested you can call these organizations for more info on groups in other areas.
Thanks,
Peterhttp://www.flyflinger.com/wpblog/?p=459
I found this article today, which I find very ironic considering the huge SNAFU in the gulf.
I doubt the guides will survive. The oil was at Chandeleur yest and the guy that owns the Pelican Lodge out their had 3 trips cancelled that day.
Guy I ran trips for to work my way through college had all his trips on the books cancelled by lunch today.
This is going to crush marine life and all industry in the area related to it. Oystermen, shrimpers, guides, restaraunts, drystacks, boat dealers, marine suppliers, etc,etc,etc.
Pretty damn scary.
Took my 8yr old son to the LA marsh for the first time a few weeks back. Hope that is not the last time he catches redfish over there.I’m in New Orleans currently and through next week. I am scheduled to fish Wednesday but it is looking grim. I’ll keep everyone posted.
I had dinner with a few reporters from a national outlet tonight. They had just returned from Venice and so far the reports are just speculative. We will see how this pans out.
Tim Angeli, looks like you won’t be missing anything after all :-X Give me a call when you get into town.
The only, and I mean only, good news out of this is that oil is actually biodegradable in warm water situations.
Everyone is concerned with the LA coast but I heard a dude on the Weather Channel stating that the Gulf Stream could likely carry the oil as far south as the Florida Keys and Tortugas. :-[
From CNN.com[Posted at 1:29 p.m.]
VENICE, Louisiana — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is closing commercial and recreational fishing from Louisiana to parts of the Florida Panhandle because of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In a news release sent Sunday afternoon, NOAA said the closure begins immediately and will last for at least 10 days.
Looks like I won’t be able to get “one last chance” to fish the great Reds here.
It really is sad for all of the people that live on the Gulf Coast. Everybody is canceling their trips.
We have been taking our kids to Gulf Shores every year for the past 8 years. It’s the only place they ever want to go. They actually passed on Disney this year to go to the beach. I have 10 days to cancel my trip this year and I guess I’ve only been holding off waiting for a miracle.
So where do you head when all your kids want to see is the beach?
My Grandfather bought a place on the beach in Gulf Shores back in the Sixties and it has been in our family ever since. I have grown up there and am pretty nervous/anxious to see what occurs. I’m heading down there in about two weeks and some members of my family are heading down a little sooner. All of our friends who are permanent residents down there are really shaky. They are all praying that no storm of any kind comes through to spread the oil farther inland. But you are right Zach- nothing we can really do, hopefully just learn from our mistakes and pray for some mercy on our coast. I’ll post after our trip to inform y’all what it looks like.
Thanks Ward, an update would be great.
Either way we have decided to go no matter what. Those folks have been so great to us the past years that we feel we owe them a little in return. We are going to spend the money no matter where we go and feel it should be used in that area. Not that my few dollars are going to make a difference with all the people canceling, but I know it’s the right thing to do.
I got an e-mail from a local Dallas fly shop/adventure travel business yesterday that said the area their guides fish (northwest of the Mississippi Delta) has not been affected by the spill and is open for business.
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