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Died in southwest florida, from all causes. that was the worst year ever. so far this year, less than three months in, nearly 200 manatees have died from one cause. its called red tide. for wildlife biologists, this was one of the best days in a long time. >> theres two noses up behind us. right at that corner. >> reporter: boyd was out with florida wildlife officers on the orange river near ft. myers looking for sick or dead manatees. and endangered species. none so far. a hopeful sign after a ...

The next few days, the oil will arrive. and in fact, if you look -- i have priscilla who just came down to the beach. she lives about a mile from the beach. tell us what you found in your backyard. >> i went out to go fishing in my kayak and this was floating all over the place and it was getting in the grass beds and big clumps of it about a quarter of a mile. >> reporter: the fear here and talking to people out on the beach and the business owner here, they think its a matter of time before th...

Off to the west to do what it naturally does, to feed in the waters of the gulf of mexico, to nest on the far western coast of louisiana or even texas, but certainly they would not put it right back out in the oil slick and have a repeat performance of that trouble that theyre having out there in the waves in the middle of the gulf of mexico. >> big job that is growing. reynolds wolf, thanks so much. meanwhile the oil spill could devastate a key industry off the coast. shrimp and oyster indust...

Not a complete disaster and total wipeout of it just yet, but it keeps getting worse, how long will it take to recover from something like that under -- i dont want to say a worst case scenario but suppose it gets pretty bad and you say we dont have the sha rirch, how long to recover? >> under a worst case scenario and its hard for me to say this out loud, oyster beds were looking at potentially 20 years, maybe longer. shrimp beds and grasses, it just depends on how badly we decimate them. there...

On their plate and not understanding where it comes from. what is the potential impact? what is it doing to that shrimp? what is it doing -- does that stuff just going to be no good anymore? i read an article people said, dont worry, youre not going to have oil on your shrimp. >> youre not going to have shrimp. not going to have it. the kind of biggest deal right now for us is when you cover the grass beds, thats where the shrimp are born. thats where they come and grow and live. we have had a c...

Productive areas. you dont exactly run a vacuum cleaner over it and the grass beds are particularly fragile in our part of the world. even trying to clean it would probably destroy them. >> reporter: so as you can imagine, commercial fishermen are very concerned about this. in fact, were told that a mississippi based seafood company has just filed a $5 million lawsuit against bp and some of the other companies associated with this leaking oil rig. jon back to you. jon: all right jonathan serrie ...

>> it gets in oyster reefs and beds. you dont exactly run a vacuum cleaner oiforts. the grass beds are particularly fragile. >> reporter: experts say it seems inevitable there will be a severe environmental and economic impact. megyn: bp making a surprising statement. >> reporter: they said they will honor all legitimate claims, being very forward about the fact that they plan to reimburse anyone who can prove they suffered damage and some sort of loss as a result of this spill. the commercial f...

William, thank you. bill: there is breaking news on what could be an environmental catastrophe. the white house now saying it will halt any plans for new off shore drilling in the wake of the oil spill in the gulf. but did they have any plans in the first place? well talk about that live at the white house with major garrett. meanwhile, people who make their living on the gulf waters, explaining how bad this could get for them. >> actually, globs of oil probably as big as your thumb or as big ...

Areas to take samples. >> this is the fertile crescent. this is a good percentage of production in the gulf of mexico, east of the mississippi river. i am not equipped to tell you its worth this many dollars but if we look at a decade of impact, with reduced production, thats my long-term concern. >> reporter: the oil spill could have a huge impact on the commercial fishing interest and tourism. randy bogs owns a small fishing charter company in orange beach. >> its paramount in my business and ...

Areas to take samples. >> this is the fertile crescent. this is a good percentage of production in the gulf of mexico, east of the mississippi river. i am not equipped to tell you its worth this many dollars but if we look at a decade of impact, with reduced production, thats my long-term concern. >> reporter: the oil spill could have a huge impact on the commercial fishing interest and tourism. randy bogs owns a small fishing charter company in orange beach. >> its paramount in my business and ...