Mississippi Crab and Shrimp Fishermen are Still Reeling from Oil Spill Impacts
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Sun Herald] by Karen Nelson - April 20, 2015
For five years, they've come to the shrimp-boat docks around the anniversary of the BP oil spill to read the names of the dead -- 11 workers killed on the rig.
The groups that gather represent the fishing community, hardest hit by the spill that spewed what responding agencies estimated to be 205 million gallons of oil into the Gulf. A federal court case later lowered that figure.
This year, the Rev. Eddie Hartwell asked God to intervene and "restore the waters" so people can again earn a living...
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