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  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay, Louisiana. <br />
From Barataria Bay to Grand Isle. Shrimp boats, ordinarily skimming the bay for shrimp are loading boom these days to try and keep the oil at bay. The environmental and economic impact is devastating with many shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled the only business for shrimpers is loading and laying boom and working for big oil. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    26may10-barataria bay037.JPG
  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay, Louisiana. <br />
From Barataria Bay to Grand Isle. Shrimp boats, ordinarily skimming the bay for shrimp are loading boom these days to try and keep the oil at bay. The environmental and economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled the only business for shrimpers is loading and laying boom and working for big oil. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    26may10-barataria bay079.JPG
  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay, Louisiana. <br />
From Barataria Bay to Grand Isle. Shrimp boats, ordinarily skimming the bay for shrimp are loading boom these days to try and keep the oil at bay. The environmental and economic impact is devastating with many shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled the only business for shrimpers is loading and laying boom and working for big oil. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    26may10-barataria bay039.JPG
  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay, Louisiana. <br />
From Barataria Bay to Grand Isle. Shrimp boats, ordinarily skimming the bay for shrimp are loading boom these days to try and keep the oil at bay. The environmental and economic impact is devastating with many shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled the only business for shrimpers is loading and laying boom and working for big oil. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    26may10-barataria bay036.JPG
  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay, Louisiana. <br />
From Barataria Bay to Grand Isle. Shrimp boats, ordinarily skimming the bay for shrimp are loading boom these days to try and keep the oil at bay. The environmental and economic impact is devastating with many shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled the only business for shrimpers is loading and laying boom and working for big oil. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    26may10-barataria bay033.JPG
  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay, Louisiana. <br />
From Barataria Bay to Grand Isle. Shrimp boats, ordinarily skimming the bay for shrimp are loading boom these days to try and keep the oil at bay. The environmental and economic impact is devastating with many shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled the only business for shrimpers is loading and laying boom and working for big oil. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    26may10-barataria bay035.JPG
  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Has mother nature naturally cleaned up the oil spill with human help? Young immature pelicans rest on one of the Cat islands near Grand Isle. In what would appear to be good news for the area, the pelicans and boom are clean. A sweep through Barataria bay uncovered only two oiled pelicans. No tar balls or oil were seen in the water. Many of the marsh grasses appeared to be growing back. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. For now though, the situation looks relatively good.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23july10-BP oil027.JPG
  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
A storm builds over eerily deserted Barataria Bay.  Ordinarily the bay would be filled with fishermen and shrimp boats. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06june10-oil france-soir 065.JPG
  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
U.S. Fish and Wildlife boats sit just off Cat Island in an otherwise deserted Barataria Bay. Ordinarily the bay would be filled with shrimp boats, sport fishermen, and sea birds, especially in the run up to memorial day weekend. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    28may10-BP-oil007.JPG
  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Freshly laid boom sits just off Cat Island in an otherwise deserted Barataria Bay. Ordinarily the bay would be filled with shrimp boats, sport fishermen, and sea birds, especially in the run up to memorial day weekend. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    28may10-BP-oil041.JPG
  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Has mother nature naturally cleaned up the oil spill with human help? Young immature pelicans rest on one of the Cat islands near Grand Isle. In what would appear to be good news for the area, the pelicans and boom are clean. A sweep through Barataria bay uncovered only two oiled pelicans. No tar balls or oil were seen in the water. Many of the marsh grasses appeared to be growing back. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. For now though, the situation looks relatively good.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23july10-BP oil022.JPG
  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Has mother nature naturally cleaned up the oil spill with human help? Oil containment hard boom on one of the Cat islands near Grand Isle. In what would appear to be good news for the area, the boom is mostly clean and free from oil. A sweep through Barataria bay uncovered only two oiled pelicans. No tar balls or oil were seen in the water. Many of the marsh grasses appeared to be growing back. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. For now though, the situation looks relatively good.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23july10-BP oil010.JPG
  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Has mother nature naturally cleaned up the oil spill with human help? Young immature pelicans rest on one of the Cat islands near Grand Isle. In what would appear to be good news for the area, the pelicans and boom are clean. A sweep through Barataria bay uncovered only two oiled pelicans. No tar balls or oil were seen in the water. Many of the marsh grasses appeared to be growing back. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. For now though, the situation looks relatively good.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23july10-BP oil050.JPG
  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Has mother nature naturally cleaned up the oil spill with human help? Young immature pelicans rest on one of the Cat islands near Grand Isle. In what would appear to be good news for the area, the pelicans and boom are clean. A sweep through Barataria bay uncovered only two oiled pelicans. No tar balls or oil were seen in the water. Many of the marsh grasses appeared to be growing back. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. For now though, the situation looks relatively good.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23july10-BP oil001.JPG
  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Oil containment hard boom washed ashore in the middle of bird nesting areas on one of the Cat islands near Grand Isle. The boom appears to be mostly clean and free from oil, but the boom itself has now become the problem as it interferes with nesting brown pelicans and other birds. Minor storms and swell easily remove the boom from flimsy moorings creating yet another problem in the region. Stakes tethering boom to the bay floor are unlikely to be removed, causing yet more obstacles for shrimp fishermen to tear their nets on when shrimping is permitted to resume. The entire area appears to be relatively clean of oil. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23july10-BP oil034.JPG
  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Has mother nature naturally cleaned up the oil spill with human help? Young immature pelicans rest on one of the Cat islands near Grand Isle. In what would appear to be good news for the area, the pelicans and boom are clean. A sweep through Barataria bay uncovered only two oiled pelicans. No tar balls or oil were seen in the water. Many of the marsh grasses appeared to be growing back. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. For now though, the situation looks relatively good.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23july10-BP oil030.JPG
  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Has mother nature naturally cleaned up the oil spill with human help? Young immature pelicans rest on one of the Cat islands near Grand Isle. In what would appear to be good news for the area, the pelicans and boom are clean. A sweep through Barataria bay uncovered only two oiled pelicans. No tar balls or oil were seen in the water. Many of the marsh grasses appeared to be growing back. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. For now though, the situation looks relatively good.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23july10-BP oil015.JPG
  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Has mother nature naturally cleaned up the oil spill with human help? Young immature pelicans rest on one of the Cat islands near Grand Isle. In what would appear to be good news for the area, the pelicans and boom are clean. A sweep through Barataria bay uncovered only two oiled pelicans. No tar balls or oil were seen in the water. Many of the marsh grasses appeared to be growing back. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. For now though, the situation looks relatively good.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23july10-BP oil013.JPG
  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Jimmy Terrebonne Snr sits surrounded by oil boom on his boat in Barataria Bay. The shrimp boater should be sweeping the waters for up to $5,000 worth of beautiful Gulf shrimp a day but the fishing grounds are all closed. Instead he is making around $1,000 a day for oil for BP contractors instead, a fraction of what he would ordinarily be making with bills mounting at home. The fisherman does not have a fixed contract within BP and does not know when BP will stop hiring him. He does however know that his life will never be the same again. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06june10-oil france-soir 042.JPG
  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil soaked boom lies uselessly on oil soaked beaches on a small island in the Cat Island chain in Barataria Bay. Just one week ago the island was crowded with sea birds. Today it is abandoned by them as oil drenches their habitat. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06june10-oil france-soir 015.JPG
  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Brown pelicans on the Cat Island chain in Barataria Bay, home to thousands of nesting birds including the Louisiana brown pelican, a bird only recently removed from the endangered species list. The birds are attempting to rear their young with the threat of oil pouring into their habitat.  The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06june10-oil france-soir 011.JPG
  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil soaked boom is all that protects the Cat Island chain in Barataria Bay, home to thousands of nesting birds including the Louisiana brown pelican, a bird only recently removed from the endangered species list. The birds are attempting to rear their young with the threat of oil pouring into their habitat.  The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06june10-oil france-soir 006.JPG
  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Brown Pelicans, protected by freshly laid oil boom cram every inch of a small outcrop of Cat Island in Barataria Bay. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to south louisiana. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    28may10-BP-oil038.JPG
  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
A Louisiana  Blue heron fishes in a  'closed fishing area' just outside Barataria Bay in South Louisiana. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to south louisiana. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fetile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    28may10-BP-oil045.JPG
  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Brown Pelicans, protected by freshly laid oil boom cram every inch of a small outcrop of Cat Island in Barataria Bay. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to south louisiana. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    28may10-BP-oil040.JPG
  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay, Louisiana. <br />
An oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico just off the coast as seen from Barataria Bay. The environmental and economic impact is devastating with many shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled the only business for shrimpers is loading and laying boom and working for big oil. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    26may10-barataria bay056.JPG
  • 21 August 2010. Barataria Bay, south Louisiana. <br />
The view from the command center situated on a jack up barge at the mouth of the Barataria Bay. The structure serves as command and control for the deployment of boom and other efforts in the area  in the ongoing battle to clean up BP's disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    21aug10-BP oil049.JPG
  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Has mother nature naturally cleaned up the oil spill with human help? Young immature pelicans rest on one of the Cat islands near Grand Isle. In what would appear to be good news for the area, the pelicans and boom are clean. A sweep through Barataria bay uncovered only two oiled pelicans. No tar balls or oil were seen in the water. Many of the marsh grasses appeared to be growing back. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. For now though, the situation looks relatively good.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23july10-BP oil003.JPG
  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Oil containment hard boom washed ashore in the middle of bird nesting areas on one of the Cat islands near Grand Isle. The boom appears to be mostly clean and free from oil, but the boom itself has now become the problem as it interferes with nesting brown pelicans and other birds. Minor storms and swell easily remove the boom from flimsy moorings creating yet another problem in the region. Stakes tethering boom to the bay floor are unlikely to be removed, causing yet more obstacles for shrimp fishermen to tear their nets on when shrimping is permitted to resume. The entire area appears to be relatively clean of oil. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23july10-BP oil037.JPG
  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Oil containment hard boom washed ashore in the middle of bird nesting areas on one of the Cat islands near Grand Isle. The boom appears to be mostly clean and free from oil, but the boom itself has now become the problem as it interferes with nesting brown pelicans and other birds. Minor storms and swell easily remove the boom from flimsy moorings creating yet another problem in the region. Stakes tethering boom to the bay floor are unlikely to be removed, causing yet more obstacles for shrimp fishermen to tear their nets on when shrimping is permitted to resume. The entire area appears to be relatively clean of oil. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23july10-BP oil031.JPG
  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Has mother nature naturally cleaned up the oil spill with human help? Young immature pelicans rest on one of the Cat islands near Grand Isle. In what would appear to be good news for the area, the pelicans and boom are clean. A sweep through Barataria bay uncovered only two oiled pelicans. No tar balls or oil were seen in the water. Many of the marsh grasses appeared to be growing back. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. For now though, the situation looks relatively good.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23july10-BP oil021.JPG
  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Has mother nature naturally cleaned up the oil spill with human help? Young immature pelicans rest on one of the Cat islands near Grand Isle. In what would appear to be good news for the area, the pelicans and boom are clean. A sweep through Barataria bay uncovered only two oiled pelicans. No tar balls or oil were seen in the water. Many of the marsh grasses appeared to be growing back. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. For now though, the situation looks relatively good.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23july10-BP oil019.JPG
  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Has mother nature naturally cleaned up the oil spill with human help? Young immature pelicans rest on one of the Cat islands near Grand Isle. In what would appear to be good news for the area, the pelicans and boom are clean. A sweep through Barataria bay uncovered only two oiled pelicans. No tar balls or oil were seen in the water. Many of the marsh grasses appeared to be growing back. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. For now though, the situation looks relatively good.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    23july10-BP oil017.JPG
  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
An oyster boat converted to collect oil using booms is hard at work as oil seeps into Barataria Bay, the fragile eco system that separates the Gulf of Mexico from Louisiana wetlands. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06june10-oil france-soir 051.JPG
  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil seeps into Barataria Bay, the fragile eco system that separates the Gulf of Mexico from Louisiana wetlands. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06june10-oil france-soir 049.JPG
  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil collects against and seeps under the booms protecting brown pelicans on the Cat Island chain in Barataria Bay, home to thousands of nesting birds including the Louisiana brown pelican, a bird only recently removed from the endangered species list. The birds are attempting to rear their young with the threat of oil pouring into their habitat.  The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06june10-oil france-soir 047.JPG
  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Shrimpers surrounded by oil boom on their boat in Barataria Bay. The shrimp boaters should be sweeping the waters for up to $5,000 worth of beautiful Gulf shrimp a day but the fishing grounds are all closed. Instead they are making around $1,000 a day for  BP contractors instead, a fraction of what they would ordinarily be making. The fishermen do not have  fixed contracts with BP and does not know when BP will stop hiring them. The debt collectors have been calling asking for their money. The shrimpers advise them to call BP. They know their lives will never be the same again. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06june10-oil france-soir 044.JPG
  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Jimmy Terrebonne Jnr sits surrounded by oil boom on his boat in Barataria Bay. The shrimp boater should be sweeping the waters for up to $5,000 worth of beautiful Gulf shrimp a day but the fishing grounds are all closed. Instead he is making around $1,000 a day for oil for BP contractors instead, a fraction of what he would ordinarily be making with bills mounting at home. The fisherman does not have a fixed contract withn BP and does not know when BP will stop hiring him. He does however know that his life will never be the same again. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06june10-oil france-soir 041.JPG
  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Brown pelicans on the Cat Island chain in Barataria Bay, home to thousands of nesting birds including the Louisiana brown pelican, a bird only recently removed from the endangered species list. The birds are attempting to rear their young with the threat of oil pouring into their habitat.  The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06june10-oil france-soir 013.JPG
  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil soaked boom is all that protects the Cat Island chain in Barataria Bay, home to thousands of nesting birds including the Louisiana brown pelican, a bird only recently removed from the endangered species list. The birds are attempting to rear their young with the threat of oil pouring into their habitat.  The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil soaked boom is all that protects the Cat Island chain in Barataria Bay, home to thousands of nesting birds including the Louisiana brown pelican, a bird only recently removed from the endangered species list. The birds are attempting to rear their young with the threat of oil pouring into their habitat.  The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil soaked boom is all that protects the Cat Island chain in Barataria Bay, home to thousands of nesting birds including the Louisiana brown pelican, a bird only recently removed from the endangered species list. The birds are attempting to rear their young with the threat of oil pouring into their habitat.  The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
A police boat patrols Barataria Bay which has been closed to all fishermen, commercial and recreational for the past two weeks. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Shrimper's park air boats and take a break from laying oil boom at the entrance to Barataria Bay. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to south louisiana. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fetile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Brown Pelicans, protected by freshly laid oil boom cram every inch of a small outcrop of Cat Island in Barataria Bay. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to south louisiana. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay, Louisiana. <br />
A gas flare from an oil platform as seen from Barataria Bay. The environmental and economic impact is devastating with many shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled the only business for shrimpers is loading and laying boom and working for big oil. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Has mother nature naturally cleaned up the oil spill with human help? Young immature pelicans rest on one of the Cat islands near Grand Isle. In what would appear to be good news for the area, the pelicans and boom are clean. A sweep through Barataria bay uncovered only two oiled pelicans. No tar balls or oil were seen in the water. Many of the marsh grasses appeared to be growing back. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. For now though, the situation looks relatively good.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Despite a 65 yard (20 meter) exclusion zone around oil boom without special permission from the Joint Information Center, (max fine $40,000 and class 'D' felony) local fishermen have returned to the area recently opened to recreational fishing. Commercial fishing is still closed. Local fishermen are greatly relieved to be back on the water catching speckled trout, redfish, halibut and many other species as pelicans look on from oil boom.<br />
But has mother nature naturally cleaned up the oil spill with human help?  In what would appear to be good news for the area, the pelicans and boom are relatively clean and fish tested by every level of food safety is classified fit for human consumption. A sweep through Barataria bay uncovered only two oiled pelicans. No tar balls or oil were seen in the water. Many of the marsh grasses appeared to be growing back. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. For now though, the situation looks relatively good.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil seeps into Barataria Bay, the fragile eco system that separates the Gulf of Mexico from Louisiana wetlands. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Shrimpers surrounded by oil boom on their boat in Barataria Bay. The shrimp boaters should be sweeping the waters for up to $5,000 worth of beautiful Gulf shrimp a day but the fishing grounds are all closed. Instead they are making around $1,000 a day for  BP contractors instead, a fraction of what they would ordinarily be making. The fishermen do not have  fixed contracts with BP and does not know when BP will stop hiring them. The debt collectors have been calling asking for their money. The shrimpers advise them to call BP. They know their lives will never be the same again. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 21 August 2010. Bay Jimmy, south Louisiana. <br />
Sub contractors, working for contractors working for BP check, replace, remove and deploy absorbent oil boom as the worst environmental disaster in US history continues to unfold in south Louisiana. Bay Jimmy received another recent coating of oil despite government and BP efforts to persuade the public otherwise. The sub contractors were ordered over the radio 'Do not talk to journalists.' The culture of fear remains whereby any contractor speaking to the media fears he may lose his job.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Reporter Alexandra Gonzalez of the French newspaper France-Soir covers BP's disasterous oil spill with guides frank 'Peanut' Lensmeyer and justin Workmon (rt).  The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil soaked brown pelicans on Belle Pass island near Grand Isle, home to thousands of nesting birds. The Louisiana brown pelican, a bird only recently removed from the endangered species list try in vain to clean oil from their feathers. The birds are attempting to rear their young with the threat of oil pouring into their habitat.  The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil soaked boom floats close to Grand Isle. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil soaked brown pelicans on Belle Pass island near Grand Isle, home to thousands of nesting birds. The Louisiana brown pelican, a bird only recently removed from the endangered species list try in vain to clean oil from their feathers. The birds are attempting to rear their young with the threat of oil pouring into their habitat.  The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 26 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
From Barataria Bay to Grand Isle. Cat Island, a prefered nesting ground for Pelicans, gulls and herons  is protected by boom but oil keeps seeping ashore.  The environmental and economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled the only business for shrimpers is loading and laying boom and working for big oil. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. <br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 26 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
From Barataria Bay to Grand Isle. Cat Island, a prefered nesting ground for Pelicans, gulls and herons  is protected by boom but oil keeps seeping ashore.  The environmental and economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled the only business for shrimpers is loading and laying boom and working for big oil. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 21 August 2010. Bay Jimmy, south Louisiana. <br />
Sub contractors, working for contractors working for BP check, replace, remove and deploy absorbent oil boom as the worst environmental disaster in US history continues to unfold in south Louisiana. Bay Jimmy received another recent coating of oil despite government and BP efforts to persuade the public otherwise. The sub contractors were ordered over the radio 'Do not talk to journalists.' The culture of fear remains whereby any contractor speaking to the media fears he may lose his job.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 21 August 2010. Barataria Bay, south Louisiana. <br />
Fishing grounds reopen. A shrimp boat sits in the current deploying nets instead of oil boom in the water as recreational fishermen return to fish for speckled trout enjoying a day out in the bay.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 21 August 2010. Bay Jimmy, south Louisiana. <br />
Sub contractors, working for contractors working for BP check, replace, remove and deploy absorbent oil boom as the worst environmental disaster in US history continues to unfold in south Louisiana. Bay Jimmy received another recent coating of oil despite government and BP efforts to persuade the public otherwise. The sub contractors were ordered over the radio 'Do not talk to journalists.' The culture of fear remains whereby any contractor speaking to the media fears he may lose his job.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 21 August 2010. Bay Jimmy, south Louisiana. <br />
Sub contractors, working for contractors working for BP check, replace, remove and deploy absorbent oil boom as the worst environmental disaster in US history continues to unfold in south Louisiana. Bay Jimmy received another recent coating of oil despite government and BP efforts to persuade the public otherwise. The sub contractors were ordered over the radio 'Do not talk to journalists.' The culture of fear remains whereby any contractor speaking to the media fears he may lose his job.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 21 August 2010. Bay Jimmy, south Louisiana. <br />
Sub contractors, working for contractors working for BP check, replace, remove and deploy absorbent oil boom as the worst environmental disaster in US history continues to unfold in south Louisiana. Bay Jimmy received another recent coating of oil despite government and BP efforts to persuade the public otherwise. The sub contractors were ordered over the radio 'Do not talk to journalists.' The culture of fear remains whereby any contractor speaking to the media fears he may lose his job.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 21 August 2010. Bay Jimmy, south Louisiana. <br />
Sub contractors, working for contractors working for BP check, replace, remove and deploy absorbent oil boom as the worst environmental disaster in US history continues to unfold in south Louisiana. Bay Jimmy received another recent coating of oil despite government and BP efforts to persuade the public otherwise. The sub contractors were ordered over the radio 'Do not talk to journalists.' The culture of fear remains whereby any contractor speaking to the media fears he may lose his job.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil clean up workers in full hazmat suits clear away oil soaked boom that has been delivered to the staging area on Grand Isle. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil clean up workers in full hazmat suits clear away oil soaked boom that has been delivered to the staging area on Grand Isle. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Utterly useless oil soaked boom washed up on the beaches of Grand Isle. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Utterly useless oil soaked boom washed up on the beaches of Grand Isle. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Oil soaked boom floats ahead of oil soaked rocks on Grand Isle. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Local authorities have pressed ahead, cutting through red tape that usually takes years to get anything done as enormous sand dredging operations build new barrier islands off Grande Terre island where the Gulf of Mexico meets Louisiana. It is hoped the new islands will help protect the inland fragile wetlands from the curse of British Petroleum. <br />
The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 June 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Warning signs cross the marshes where petro chemical and gas pipelines criss cross the Louisiana wetlands. Oil companies have cut pipeline throughout the region. Ecologists argue this reckless carving up of the wetlands are one of the main reasons for erosion and salt water intrusion. The ecological and economic impact of BP's oil spill is devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 26 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
From Barataria Bay to Grand Isle. Cat Island, a prefered nesting ground for Pelicans, gulls and herons  is protected by boom but oil keeps seeping ashore.  The environmental and economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled the only business for shrimpers is loading and laying boom and working for big oil. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. <br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 26 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
From Barataria Bay to Grand Isle. Cat Island, a prefered nesting ground for Pelicans, gulls and herons  is protected by boom but oil keeps seeping ashore.  The environmental and economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled the only business for shrimpers is loading and laying boom and working for big oil. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 26 May 2010. Barataria Bay, Louisiana. <br />
A jack up rig is used as a command and control center for boom laying operations. The environmental and economic impact is devastating with many shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled the only business for shrimpers is loading and laying boom and working for big oil. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 21 August 2010. Barataria Bay, south Louisiana. <br />
Efforts continue to cap an abandoned oil well that was hit by a barge on July 27th. The unlit well spewed additional oil, gas and water 200ft into the air causing more misery to the sensitive environment already reeling from oil spilled by BP out in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 23 July 2010. Queen Bess Island near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Oil containment hard boom washed ashore in the middle of bird nesting areas on Queen Bess Island near Grand Isle. The boom itself has now become the problem as it interferes with nesting brown pelicans and other birds. Minor storms and swell easily remove the boom from flimsy moorings creating yet another problem in the region. Stakes tethering boom to the bay floor are unlikely to be removed, causing yet more obstacles for shrimp fishermen to tear their nets on when shrimping is permitted to resume. The entire area appears to be relatively clean of oil. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 26 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
From Barataria Bay to Grand Isle. Cat Island, a prefered nesting ground for Pelicans, gulls and herons  is protected by boom but oil keeps seeping ashore.  The environmental and economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled the only business for shrimpers is loading and laying boom and working for big oil. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. <br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 21 August 2010. Barataria Bay, south Louisiana. <br />
Sub contractors, working for contractors working for BP barge together awaiting orders to deploy absorbent oil boom as the worst environmental disaster in US history continues to unfold in south Louisiana. Photo credit; Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Coastal erosion is rapidly eating away at multi million dollar sand berm projects at East Grande Terre Island near Grand Isle. Rapidly approved, the sand berms have not been sufficiently evaluated. They do appear to catch oil which can easily be cleaned up, however a relatively minor hurricane will likely wash the man made berm back into the Gulf of Mexico. Yet more examples of spending BP's vasty amounts of cash in the wake of BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 21 August 2010. Barataria Bay, south Louisiana. <br />
A shrimp boat sits in the current deploying nets instead of oil boom in the water, <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Philip Sherwell of the Sunday Telegraph with Louisiana born and raised Justin Workmon (blue shirt) and Frank 'Peanut' Lensmeyer on the the eerily empty ocean where water that would ordinarily be crystal clear is now gravy coloured thanks to dispersed oil just off Grand Terre Island where Barataria Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico. Ordinarily the ocean would be filled with shrimp boats, sport fishermen, and sea birds, especially in the run up to memorial day weekend. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Louisiana born and raised Justin Workmon (blue shirt) and Frank 'Peanut' Lensmeyer scan the eerily empty ocean where water that would ordinarily be crystal clear is now gravy coloured thanks to dispersed oil just off Grand Terre Island where Barataria Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico. Ordinarily the ocean would be filled with shrimp boats, sport fishermen, and sea birds, especially in the run up to memorial day weekend. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Louisiana born and raised Justin Workmon (blue shirt) and Frank 'Peanut' Lensmeyer scan the eerily empty ocean where water that would ordinarily be crystal clear is now gravy coloured thanks to dispersed oil just off Grand Terre Island where Barataria Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico. Ordinarily the ocean would be filled with shrimp boats, sport fishermen, and sea birds, especially in the run up to memorial day weekend. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Blobs of disgusting brown oil resembling feces floats in the eerily empty ocean where water that would ordinarily be crystal clear is now gravy coloured thanks to dispersed oil just off Grand Terre Island where Barataria Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico. Ordinarily the ocean would be filled with shrimp boats, sport fishermen and sea birds, especially in the run up to memorial day weekend. With tens of thousands of square miles of fishing grounds closed the ecological and economic impact are devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Louisiana born and raised Justin Workmon collects an oil sample from the eerily empty ocean where water that would ordinarily be crystal clear but is now gravy coloured thanks to dispersed oil just off Grand Terre Island where Barataria Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico. Ordinarily the ocean would be filled with shrimp boats, sport fishermen, and sea birds, especially in the run up to memorial day weekend. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Louisiana born and raised Justin Workmon studies the eerily empty ocean where water that would ordinarily be crystal clear but is now gravy coloured thanks to dispersed oil just off Grand Terre Island where Barataria Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico. Ordinarily the ocean would be filled with shrimp boats, sport fishermen, and sea birds, especially in the run up to memorial day weekend. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Kirt Alexie takes a break from laying oil boom at the entrance to Barataria Bay. The ecological and economic impact are devastating with Alexie's shrimp boat tied up, his earnings have plummeted. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
A sand dredger collects material that will be used to build up coastal protection just off Grand Terre Island where Barataria Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico. Ordinarily the ocean would be filled with shrimp boats, sport fishermen, and sea birds, especially in the run up to memorial day weekend. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Kirt Alexie takes a break from laying oil boom at the entrance to Barataria Bay. The ecological and economic impact are devastating with Alexie's shrimp boat tied up, his earnings have plummeted. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fetile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 26 May 2010. Grand Isle, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
From Barataria Bay to Grand Isle. The bay is devoid of life, no fishermen, no shrimp boats, even most of the birds have left. The environmental and economic impact is devastating with shrimp boats tied up, vacation rentals and charter boat fishing trips cancelled the only business for shrimpers is loading and laying boom and working for big oil. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Streaks and blobs of disgusting brown oil resembling faeces floats in the eerily empty ocean where water that would ordinarily be crystal clear is now gravy coloured thanks to dispersed oil just off Grand Terre Island where Barataria Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico. Ordinarily the ocean would be filled with shrimp boats, sport fishermen and sea birds, especially in the run up to memorial day weekend. With tens of thousands of square miles of fishing grounds closed the ecological and economic impact are devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Streaks and blobs of disgusting brown oil resembling faeces floats in the eerily empty ocean where water that would ordinarily be crystal clear is now gravy coloured thanks to dispersed oil just off Grand Terre Island where Barataria Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico. Ordinarily the ocean would be filled with shrimp boats, sport fishermen and sea birds, especially in the run up to memorial day weekend. With tens of thousands of square miles of fishing grounds closed the ecological and economic impact are devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Blobs of disgusting brown oil resembling feces floats in the eerily empty ocean where water that would ordinarily be crystal clear is now gravy coloured thanks to dispersed oil just off Grand Terre Island where Barataria Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico. Ordinarily the ocean would be filled with shrimp boats, sport fishermen and sea birds, especially in the run up to memorial day weekend. With tens of thousands of square miles of fishing grounds closed the ecological and economic impact are devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    28may10-BP-oil018.JPG
  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Louisiana born and raised Justin Workmon collects an oil sample from the eerily empty ocean where water that would ordinarily be crystal clear but is now gravy coloured thanks to dispersed oil just off Grand Terre Island where Barataria Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico. Ordinarily the ocean would be filled with shrimp boats, sport fishermen, and sea birds, especially in the run up to memorial day weekend. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    28may10-BP-oil014.JPG
  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Louisiana born and raised Justin Workmon studies the eerily empty ocean where water that would ordinarily be crystal clear but is now gravy coloured thanks to dispersed oil just off Grand Terre Island where Barataria Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico. Ordinarily the ocean would be filled with shrimp boats, sport fishermen, and sea birds, especially in the run up to memorial day weekend. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Justin Workmon points out a  bottle nosed porpoise swimming through waters that would ordinarily be crystal clear but are now gravy coloured thanks to dispersed oil just off Grand Terre Island where Barataria Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico. Ordinarily the ocean would be filled with shrimp boats, sport fishermen, and sea birds, especially in the run up to memorial day weekend. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
A bottle nose porpoise comes in for a closer look just off Grand Terre Island where Barataria Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico. Ordinarily the ocean would be filled with shrimp boats, sport fishermen, and sea birds, especially in the run up to memorial day weekend. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
A bottle nose porpoise comes in for a closer look just off Grand Terre Island where Barataria Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico. Ordinarily the ocean would be filled with shrimp boats, sport fishermen, and sea birds, especially in the run up to memorial day weekend. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Sunday Telepgraph reporter Philip Sherwell covers the BP oil spill story from a boat on  Barataria Bay. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Kirt Alexie takes a break from laying oil boom at the entrance to Barataria Bay. The ecological and economic impact are devastating with Alexie's shrimp boat tied up, his earnings have plummeted. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit;Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
    28may10-BP-oil004.JPG
  • 28 May 2010. Barataria Bay to Grand Isle, Jefferson/Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. <br />
Swimming through waters that would ordinarily be crystal clear but are now gravy coloured thanks to dispersed oil, bottle nosed porpoise come in for a closer look just off Grand Terre Island where Barataria Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico. Ordinarily the ocean would be filled with shrimp boats, sport fishermen, and sea birds, especially in the run up to memorial day weekend. The ecological and economic impact are devastating to the region. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is evading booms laid out to stop it thanks in part to the dispersants which means the oil travels at every depth of the Gulf and washes ashore wherever the current carries it. The Louisiana wetlands produce over 30% of America's seafood and are the most fertile of their kind in the world.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley<br />
www.varleypix.com
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