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>> reporter: all the way down. im going to grab a towel here. this is rubbing up against the side of the boat. there it is. thats whats in the water, sticking to the side of the boat right there. if this is doing this to the boat, what is it going to do to anything that lives in the water? >> hard on the fish and shell fish. >> reporter: the oil seems to go on forever. over here, as far as the eye can see, theres a red line of that oil going right across the gulf of mexico. it is endless. as bad...

Of dispersed oil that settled on the bottom. the big thing is, whos going to want to eat that? how are they going to sell their catch? >> seems like -- just driving down here, coming down route 23 and seeing the industry and seeing the businesses and seeing the -- you know, whats painted on peoples trucks in terms of where they work, it sort of feels like the oil industry giveth and the oil industry taketh away. i mean, obviously its the spine of the economy here, its the fishing and oil industr...

Long-term impact on this region. >> is there a telltale sign -- when youre trying to assess things like this, is there a telltale sign you look for in terms of the impact to the impact? >> on saturday we flew over the area. the water is not healthy. you can see theres not a shine the way it normally would have. the scale of this thing is so large. its hard to describe. that oil sitting on the oil is mixing in the water column, will be taken up by the fish, the shell fish. oysters, for example, t...

And were hoping to protect all we can. the shore birds that were assigned to protect. >> were talking about this time of year where theres a lot of nesting going on, hatching of eggs, et cetera and while these booms might help, where things arent as transient, such as oysters and shell fish, when you talk about migratory birds, isle its really difficult to contain them, sit not? >> it is, as a matter of fact the first bird that we have received is a northern ganette and that comes up from newfou...

Weekend from the commencement at the university of michigan to tomorrow hes planning to visit the gulf coast to see for himself bhas happening as 5,000 barrels of oil a day seep into the gulf. b.p. who owns the well says it plans to add large amounts of chemical dispersants, those are supposed to latch on to the oil and allow it to disperse. a lot of people are worried about what will happen to the fragile ecosystem. were already seeing birds and marine life coated with oil. the louisiana coast ...

Breaking news. an ecological nightmare in the making. the oil spill has reportedly reached louisianas shoreline. it has been declared a spill of national significance, covering an average 100 miles long and 45 miles wide. the slick is passing over the nations most fertile waters, threatening fish and birds and shell fish. right now the white house is staging a show of force, ready to send in military reinforcement to contain the spill. the governor is saying the state must be prepared for the wo...

>> you have a fight in town, but everybody saves each other on the water. >> larry: did you ever want to throw anyone overboard? >> quite a few. >> larry: do you eat crabs, keith? >> absolutely. i have a freezer full of the stuff. people ask do you get sick of it. it is not like we are eating crab every night. >> larry: all of you do? >> any shell fish, man, i like it. >> larry: do you guys like stone crabs? >> yeah. >> larry: they have seasons in florida, stone crab season. >> king crab is stil...

Dont serve taxpayers best interests. take that weatherization program, the study in texas, $4 million went to weatherize 47 homes, thats 78 grand per house. you could buy a house for that. the savings is supposed to be about $500 per home. that would take 150 years for each investment to pay for itself. or, a million dollars here, to study hants work, the two arizona universities, thats $300,000 a job her grad student. several states got $100,000 each to stage puppet shows, thats 1puppete. rs jo...

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And pop organization thats in business for z-- >> that is the story. what are you going to do for the folks that live off the water and off the gulf? thats the story. and ask yourself the question, will you ever go into a restaurant again without asking the server, where did that shell fish come from? this is going to change so much stuff. >> the stigma is huge. and think about how shameful that is. i know the history of this company. i know its such a ridiculous representation that they are goi...