Emulsification Process News Today

Hes kissing his summer job good-bye. take a listen. now that there are tar balls in the lake you can how may that affect your job? >> i cant get live bait in. so thats where we make most of our money from. >> reporter: because they shut down the commercial fishing? >> yep, from the highway down to lake born and through hope dale and gulf pretty much. all shut down. >> yeah, theyre around. hopefully theyll eventually degrade over time. they dont seem to be that bad. there is really no oil sheen. ...

There is really no oil sheen. the tar balls, whether its part of the emulsification process that bp is doing offshore and getting up here because theres heavy tidal movement through the pass, and, therefore, it doesnt surprise me that its here. >> reporter: some of the good news, tony, is that the weather has at least improved this morning, so the cleanup crews that were waiting for the rain to subside, theyre out there laying boom and barges throughout to keep the oil -- theyre thinking ahead b...