Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Oil Spill After Math

         The oil spill that happened on April 20, 2010 caused many of the shrimpers and oyster fishermen were affected by closing the fishing grounds which lost billions of dollars for the area.  The fishing industries that are down south were losing money and there jobs.  The Gulf Coast supports $20 billion tourism industry, like casinos in Mississippi, dive shops in the Florida. But since the oil spill the tourism along with the fishing was slowly depleting.