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Mexico. by your estimation and other scientists , this is about peak time for migration season for a lot of these sharks that are finding their way into the gulf, going to more shallow waters in order to give birth, in order to feed. is that still your concern, that this could not have come at a more inopportune time for the sharks in particular? >> yes. at least here in the north central gulf, a lot of the pupping, when the sharks give birth, occurring during may and early june. a lot of female...

Environmental trade-off. you will be protecting one environment, which is the sensitive marshland and near shore environments at the expense of another environment, in this case the organisms that are underneath in the water column. >> and what is it about surface dispersant versus subsea dispersant? obviously they work differently and can harm different things. >> yes. the subsurface application has never been done before. there are differences between those two applications. with the oil comin...

Dioxide. >> whats the environmental concern? what part should we be worried about? >> well, in the open ocean the concerns are a lot less than when you get in and start interacting with near shore environments. near shore environments of course are where the marine life, the animal life live, as well as people. so as long as were offshore, its not a lot of sea birds that you have to worry about diving into the oil slick. marine mammals, its not -- theyre all marine mammals in the gulf of mexico,...