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This is the area where all of our shell fish are raised and born here. we have to be concerned about all of this. not only that, the juveniles, the embryos, the eggs, and larva of all these species are coming in contact with the sub-surface oil. there is no question they have done a tremendous job on cleaning up the surface. we have to clean up the bottoms. >> that's the part you cannot see. you brought with your presence here today some pictures, some photographs of what we are up against out there. let's look at some of those pictures and talk about that. obviously, this is proof that the oi...

Garden that day ♪ ♪ i wish at that she was not cra crazy... ♪ (applaus (applause) >> so, i'm sure you heard about that terrible mess that's in the gulf. >> yeah, yeah, it's awful. crude oil everywhere. >> i wrote a song about it. ♪ hey, crude, don't make a splash ♪ ♪ british petroleum, don't be so selfish ♪ ♪ remember to have a little heart and it's not smart to kill all our shell fish ♪

The caharismatic species. but there are 400 being affected by this oil. they all come togethero tell a story. and these are resources that we depend upon. it's not just about our national natural legacy at stake for which the state of louisiana is the steward of. we're talking about shell fish, we depend upon. 70% of the shrimp and oysters come from this region. when you see this survivor, this kemps ridley sea turtle fighting for survival, he's telling a story, telling us the gulf waters are seriously in trouble. it will be felt for generations to come. >> i can't get enough of the pictures, ...

What was that a month and a half ago? we still don't have oil here. >> they say this is like digging postholes but they do this while balancing on beat up wooden boats not much bigger than a king-sized bed. >> you can see the men and women of the bay out here from sun up to sundown, and they say they see their families the shell fish from the wars and they say the shell fish are good to eat. >> you give them a taste test and see how salty they are. if they are real salty, they are better. >> and researchers from the university of florida are checking the oysters for any trace of oil. the depar...

Of chefs that went to louisiana over the weekend, tell me a little bit about what you saw. >> a very special event for us to go down there and thought it was important to bring chefs in from all over the country and basically it was to bring a bunch of great chefs down there to educate us on what's really going on with hopes that we can go back and continue to educate our diners and that's what happened. and it was, there was a lot going on. we saw a lot of oil and we saw a lot of people standing on the side of the docks, looking for things to do. >> are you feeling very confident now that you...