KEY WEST — About 12 miles north of Dry Tortugas, the crew on the Mattie Fay hauled up their shrimp catch and got oil.
Tar balls were tangled in their nets with the shrimp. There was tar on the shrimp, tar on their boots, tar on their gloves.
"We just come on in after that," said Brian Williams, 30, a member of the Mattie Fay crew. "We didn't drag no more. Once we saw that, we pretty much wrote it off."
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i think that the tar balls found was from the oil spill do(can they dna type the oil) i think it is a sad sad situation and yes enjoy your fishing and buy a freezer to store your seafood favorites because in 3 years you will not be able to find it or it will cost you an arm and a leg
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My brother who is in the shrimp business went to an emergency FWC meeting yesterday and it looks like BP will be having to pay(in a BIG way) all commercial fisherman and industries that are affected by this tragedy.I hope they cap it soon or it will mean devestation for the Gulf and possibly the Eastern seaboard states including Florida and the very sensitive keys.
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