Oil Spill Found On Shrimp Seafood In Newly Opened Gulf Waters (VIDEO)

Tar Balls. Not quite as appetizing a shrimp side dish as cocktail sauce. But according to FOX 10 News, that's just what the shrimp boat Our Mother caught in its net this past week - enough tar balls to ruin thousands of dollars worth of shrimp.

The boat was trawling in newly re-opened waters north of the Deepwater Horizon well site when it hauled tar balls in with its shrimp. Due to this boat's disturbing catch, NOAA (The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) will perform trawls in the same area, and probably sample the shrimp for seafood safety. Based on their findings, the NOAA may consider re-closing the area. In the meantime, piles of shrimp sit spoiled on a nearby dock.

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[Gilliam G]

05:43 PM on 12/01/2010

As the Gulf Coast turns to dead zone
Devoid of all life
Oil Plume underwater
Too late to make it right

DRILL BABY DRILL

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[jencanfield7]

08:32 PM on 11/27/2010

Why are people acting surprised that there is still oil in the gulf? Did anyone really think the over 3 million gallons leaked wouldn't still be present in the Gulf 6 months later?

[tarlipps]

05:16 PM on 11/27/2010

Millions of gallons of oil seeps naturally into the gulf every year and its been doing it for millions of years.

[Crystal Moody Siegel]

04:40 PM on 11/27/2010

Nothing like shrimp cooked in its own oil.

[ClassicalGas]

06:57 PM on 11/25/2010

Hmmm, match-light shrimp - the newest convenience food.

[The last sane American]

09:07 AM on 11/25/2010

Yet another HP misleading headline

"WATCH: Gulf Fishing Boat Hauls In Oil-Covered Shrimp From Newly Opened Waters"

From the original news report

John Stein, the director of NOAA's seafood safety program, said inspectors at a Pascagoula, Miss., laboratory, where Gulf seafood has been tested since the spill, found no evidence of oil on the shrimp the Alabama fisherman hauled in with the tar balls.
"There was no odor of oil on the shrimp," Stein said." AP Nov. 24

But hey. We all know better (wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more)

[mgrant33301]

08:13 AM on 11/25/2010

a little tar won't hurt you. feed it to the CEO of BP. drill baby drill.

[Sarah Skloot]

10:17 PM on 11/24/2010

Oh but wait this is fox news right. I refuse to watch that network.

[Mark Montgomery]

12:36 PM on 11/24/2010

Everything is fine. Keep moving. Your food is safe to eat.

[rambot02]

09:54 AM on 11/24/2010

Pre-blackened shrimp, a popular new Cajun recipe.

[The last sane American]

09:03 AM on 11/24/2010

Boy that is one large tarball. Must have displaced over 4 shrimp in the trawl.

How many more were in the trawl? And is it Macondo-sourced?

[DANTHEMAN127]

11:19 PM on 11/23/2010

BP will do it again.

[DaveInWheaton]

11:18 AM on 11/24/2010

thanks to deep-water drilling being deemed safe again by our govt.

[Tim The Enchanter]

11:03 PM on 11/23/2010

Well, it's clearly all a lie since it's a Fox affiliate.

Besides, you can throw these shrimp right into the pan without olive oil.

[m1jones]

11:00 PM on 11/23/2010

Oh, it's that new Cajun specialty - blackened Gulf shrimp!

[tjconkster]

09:57 PM on 11/23/2010

Can't wait for Darryl Issa to do away with the EPA....once that over-regulating agency is no more....the free market will prevent catastrophes like this from happening again.....

(sarcasm)

[Tim The Enchanter]

11:04 PM on 11/23/2010

Because the EPA has done such a good job of preventing disasters like this.

[BryanG]

12:25 PM on 11/24/2010

Well once the EPA is gone, the hope is that you will never hear of them again ... if you don't know it never happened.

http://www.counterpunch.org/jwyp03022004.html

Will they be studying those of us that live along ght gulf for the next 50 years?

[rtb61]

11:56 PM on 11/24/2010

So the Republicans administered the EPA into the ground and rather than fix the problem, you think shutting it down and having no agency would somehow solve pollution problems better.

[mgrant33301]

08:17 AM on 11/25/2010

the EPA just gets in the way of corporate profits, who needs them. if the corporation's bottom line is healthy, i'm happy. can anyone tell me how issa got so rich? read this:
On December 28, 1979, Issa and his brother allegedly faked the theft of Issa's Mercedes Benz sedan. Issa and his brother were charged for grand theft auto, but the case was dropped by prosecutors for lack of evidence. Later, Issa and his brother were charged for misdemeanors, but that case was not pursued by prosecutors. Issa accused his brother of stealing the car, and said that the experience with his brother was the reason he went into the car alarm business.[6][7] HE SHOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT!

[tjconkster]

09:21 AM on 11/25/2010

Yes Issa is a gem...he's going to bog down the house with impeachment hearings on Pres. Obama....How he keeps getting re-elected is beyond me....