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If you haven't heard yet there is an oil spill in the Gulf Coast.  Oh and its the largest one in United States history.  All joking aside, the spill is dumping in an estimated 250,000+ gallons per day and all efforts to contain the spill have failed thus far.  To make matters worse, the marsh lands along the coast are being impacted the most from the spill.  Over 100 miles of Louisana's 400 miles of marshes have been polluted and this number is increasing daily.  So far there have not been any recordings of major fish kills, but federal officials fear that the impacts on fish are going to be more of a long-term deal.  As of now, 88,522 square miles (36.6 % 0f the entire coast) of the Gulf Coast have been closed to fishing.  How has this impacted the local fishing economy?  My guess is not so good.  For more info. check out these websites. 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/may/31/bp-oil-spill-death-impact

http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/ClosureSizeandPercentCoverage.htm