News Conservation & Environment 'It Halfway Broke My Heart' Says Louisiana Angler, As Oil Washes In |
'It Halfway Broke My Heart' Says Louisiana Angler, As Oil Washes In |
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As oil washes ashore near the mouth of the Mississippi River, fishermen
swallow fears about the future of what state license plates call
"Sportsman's Paradise."
Crabbers pull up traps. Shrimpers make a final pass. Guides earn a few hundred dollars taking TV crews out to the mammoth oil spill that threatens one of the most valuable - and fragile - estuaries along the Gulf Coast. "It halfway broke my heart when I came to Ernie's Hole, one of our favorite fishing spots, and there wasn't a soul there," says Capt. Cade Thomas. "And there was oil in it, enough that you could see it." Eerily - sickeningly - the oil spill has followed the path and pattern of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. What didn't look so bad in the beginning becomes a disaster that only gets worse. Read the complete story at The Ledger.
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Monterey Bay's historic "wetfish" industry is under attack by extremist groups who claim overfishing is occurring. Touting studies with faulty calculations, activists are lobbying federal regulators to massively limit fishing, if not ban these fisheries outright. Apparently the facts don’t matter to groups with an anti-fishing agenda
