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Are available. >> definitely i think of where i get my fish from and how accountable it is from the fishermen and the traceability back to the exact boat. and that's something i always take into consideration. >> i don't look at seafood the same right now. i think oh, my god. this could be the last time in how many years we might be able to taste fresh shell fish from our own coast and i feel like the future might be importing which is just awful. >> i think as chefs we can pretty much get whatever we're looking for. it doesn't necessarily come all out of the gulf of mexico. i think our hearts...

Documentary about prudence this week on hbo. it's called "music by prudence" that debut ons may 12th. in the oil explosion in the gulf of mexico, could cost bp upwards of $3 billion. the cost of the fish and shell fish in the gulf, that's not yet known. the government has banned fishing in the water stretching from eastern louisiana to the florida panhandle. that ban will be resaesd in the next several days. experts think that fish eggs, shrimp, coral, oysters are potentially the most at risk. most of the oil is fleeting above the shell fish. as it is dispersed, it could make it more difficu...

>> yes. so many folks, certainly the gulf coast, been through so much. they know how to take a licking and keep on ticking as the saying goes. >> we'll talk about the economic impact happening on a large scale to the entire region. it could cost billions of dollars, hundreds of thousands of jobs and one industry alone. >> josh levs here for a good view of that. >> we are taking what patrick showed us and multiplying it by an incredible number of families. we hear the impact on the fishing industry. here's just one example. >> clearly, there's an enormous amount of pollution under the water and...

Chandeleur islands. is there any sign of this environmental, wildlife catastrophe that we have been expect sng. >> most of the problem is like sweeping it under the rug. the dispersements have been put under the water are doing the oil itself is now floating. the oil that is under the water is doing damage where we can't see it. some is come ago shore. a lot of it is under the gulf of mexico. this big mass of oil and dispersements is now moving around in different directions. we are not certain where it is headed. it may be headed into the loop channel and on to the gulfstream. we don't know. ...

Millions of them. i'll grab a towel now. this stuff is rubbing up against the side of the boat. there it is. that's what's in the water. that's 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 this water? >> it's going to be very, very hard on the fish and shell fish. >> and the oil seems to go on forever. >> over here, as far as the eye can see there is, like, a red line of that oil going right across the gulf of mexico. it is endless. >> reporter: and as bad as it looked it was about to get worse. this is someth...