Crab Larvae News Today

For Ung Bun, a 39-year-old fisherman from Cambodia's southern Kep province, the days when he would come home with plentiful catches of flower crabs appear to be long gone. Ung Bun dropped the crab - a male that was too small - back into the sea. He later took three gravid crabs - females laden with eggs - out of a bucket and released them back into the sea.

Bottom, or trapped underneath the sand, last week government officials claimed three quarters of the spilled oil had been collected or, poof, disappeared. but scientists discovered original specs of oil inside crab larvae that could signal trouble for the entirety of the food chain. our next guest says the battle for the gulf is just beginning. felipe could you -- cousteau took video of himself diving in this and has been a guest in this parole program before. good to see you. we were afraid of ...

Its hard to overestimate what is serious concern this is. >> well, thats just it. i think that one of the scariest parts about this experience is the catastrophe in the gulf. its unprecedented. this level, this degree of oil spill has never happened, never happened this deep and we dont know the long term impacts of whats going to happen. the latest reports that you mentioned about the oil in the crab larvae is a perfect example of how this oil -- its insidious. i had it on my hands. ive been di...

But some say that doesnt give a food picture. >> do you think its incorpor e incorporating into the food chain. >> its get into things like crab larvae. thats important food for other fish. but theres also a stage before we get crab adults. >> we contacted an epa official before that. he disputes that. experts say we may not know for several years. ooh i know you spoke to the ceo of the company that makes the dispersants. what did he have to say? >> he says, you know, this is really a safe proje...