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have you seen the damage up close?
no, you haven't ......
c'mon down to the gulf coast and have a look.
damn straight,
DRILL HERE , DRILL NOW!!!!!!!
have you seen the damage up close?
no, you haven't ......
c'mon down to the gulf coast and have a look.
damn straight,
DRILL HERE , DRILL NOW!!!!!!!
So you're saying its not spread through the marshes and affected spawning grounds and oysters? Some oyster men might disagree w/ you.
You don't know about this?:have you seen the damage up close?
no, you haven't ......
c'mon down to the gulf coast and have a look.
damn straight,
DRILL HERE , DRILL NOW!!!!!!!
So you're saying its not spread through the marshes and affected spawning grounds and oysters? Some oyster men might disagree w/ you.
I'm listening......
Nick Collins has the deeply tanned skin of a man who has spent most of his 39 years on a boat, fishing for oysters.
He has worked for his father's business, Collins Oyster Company, since he was 10 years old.
Not any more.
He has brought me out on his boat, a couple kilometres from the Gulf of Mexico, to show me why.
He winches up a basket full of oysters and sifts through each one, shaking his head.
All of them, beautiful oysters, and they're dead. And all because of BP's oil spill one year ago
Nick Collins
Former oyster fisherman
"This one's dead. This one's dead. All of them empty shells. All of them, beautiful oysters, and they're dead. And all because of BP's oil spill one year ago," he says.
EMPIRE, La - The scientists are encouraged, but those who live and work on the Gulf Coast may need more convincing, CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann reports.
Take Louisiana oyster farmers. Last year, their catch plunged by more than half with the smallest harvest since 1966 -- and they've yet to win back many customers they lost after the spill.
Nick Collins has the deeply tanned skin of a man who has spent most of his 39 years on a boat, fishing for oysters.
He has worked for his father's business, Collins Oyster Company, since he was 10 years old.
Not any more.
He has brought me out on his boat, a couple kilometres from the Gulf of Mexico, to show me why.
He winches up a basket full of oysters and sifts through each one, shaking his head.
“All of them, beautiful oysters, and they're dead. And all because of BP's oil spill one year ago”
"This one's dead. This one's dead. All of them empty shells. All of them, beautiful oysters, and they're dead. And all because of BP's oil spill one year ago," he says.