Politics & Government
A stricken Northern Gannet sits on the beach at Ship Island off the coast of Gulfport, Mississippi. The bird was taken back to the mainland by boat on Monday, May 3, 2010. (Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
MCT
Commerical fishing boats are docked in Pensacola, Florida, May 3, 2010, after the federal government restricted fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. After an oil production rig in the Gulf collasped, the spill has now threated the Gulf states and impacted the commerical fishing communities. (Charles Trainor Jr/Miami Herald/MCT)
MCT
A rust colored patch of oil floats offshore south of Gulfport, Mississippi. on Monday, May 3, 2010. (William Colgin/Biloxi Sun Herald/MCT)
MCT
A long ribbon of rust colored oil stretches off into the distance near the Chandeleur Islands in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, May 3, 2010. (William Colgin/Biloxi Sun Herald/MCT)
MCT
Volunteers Arien Grosskurth, front, and Lindsey Sholes, 23, pick up cigarette butts and other bits of trash in case the oil reached the beaches on Dauphin Island, Alabama on Monday, May 3, 2010. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
MCT
Workers from the United States Environmental Services, who asked not to be identified, clean debris off the beach on Monday, May 3, 2010, in Pass Christian, Mississippi. (Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
MCT
Robert Carr Sr. said he had harvested about 140 pounds of crabs from his traps on Monday, May 3, 2010, in Gulf Port, Mississippi. Carr said he was ordered by the Bureau of Marine Resources to remove his crab traps from the Mississippi Sound because of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Carr said he had about 100 traps out in the water. (Pat Sullivan/Billoxi Sun-Herald/MCT)
MCT
Robert Carr Sr., right, and his son, Robert Carr Jr., bring a load of crab traps to the Courthouse Road Pier in Gulfport, Mississippi on Monday, May 3, 2010. Carr said they were ordered by the Bureau of Marine Resources to remove their crab traps from the Mississippi Sound because of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Carr said he had about 100 traps out in the water. (Pat Sullivan/Billoxi Sun-Herald/MCT)
MCT
Members of the Alabama National Guard work constructing a HESCO barrier, like the ones used in Iraq and Afghanistan, as a line of defense against the possible oil spill reaching the shores of Dolphin Island, Monday, May 3, 2010. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)/MCT)
MCT
Oyster shells pile up on Shell Beach where workers gathered Sunday morning before attempting to place oil booms in strategic places to stem the flow of an oil spill heading to the coastal areas near New Orleans, Louisiana on Sunday, May 2, 2010. (Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
MCT
Justin Main, a volunteer with the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport, Miss., inspects the body of a sea turtle found dead on the beach in Pass Christian, Mississippi, on Sunday, May 2, 2010. An unusually high number of sea turtles have been found dead on beaches in Mississippi in the past two days. (James Edwards Bates/Biloxi Sun-Herald/MCT)
MCT
Gulls follow a boat headed toward Drum Bay to place an oil boom in the water to protect the coastal environment off New Orleans, Louisiana in the aftermath of a large oil spill being pushed onshore on Sunday, May 2, 2010. (Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
MCT
Fishermen of Louisiana's St. Bernard Parish wait to go through a training course which will allow them to help in the effort to fight the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
MCT
A bird is outlined against a fishing net at Cortez near Bradenton, Florida, Monday, May 3, 2010. Wildlife experts fear a heavy toll on animals and birds caused by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condie/Bradenton Herald/MCT)
MCT
Members of the Alabama National Guard work constructing a HESCO barrier, like the ones used in Iraq and Afghanistan, as a line of defense against the possible oil spill reaching the shores of Dolphin Island, Monday, May 3, 2010. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)/MCT)
MCT
Workers struggle against the elements to place an oil boom in Drum Bay, Louisiana to protect the coastal environment off New Orleans in the aftermath of a large oil spill being pushed onshore on Sunday, May 2, 2010. (Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
MCT
Members of the Alabama National Guard work constructing a HESCO barrier, like the ones used in Iraq and Afghanistan, as a line of defense against the possible oil spill reaching the shores of Dolphin Island, Monday, May 3, 2010. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)/MCT)
MCT
In the Pass-a-Loutre Wildlife management area, part of a crab cage rests on the beach, where no oil has yet washed ashore on Sunday, May 2, 2010, in Venice, Louisiana. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
MCT
Eric Cairns, proprietor of Cedar Cove Resort and Cottages on Holmes Beach in Florida, can't imagine the negative effect on tourism if the oil spill made its way to the coast of Manatee County, Monday, May 3, 2010. Florida Governor Charlie Crist has signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency in 13 more Gulf Coast counties from Franklin in the Panhandle to Sarasota in southwest Florida. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condie/Bradenton Herald/MCT)
MCT
Junior Guthrie, whose family has been fishing for over 60 years at the Cortez Fishing Village, works on rebuilding the Alice Bell, Monday, May 3, 2010 in Bradenton, Florida. "All that oil's going somewhere," remarked Guthrie, "even if it's not here." Florida Governor Charlie Crist has signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency in 13 more Gulf Coast counties from Franklin in the Panhandle to Sarasota in southwest Florida. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condie/Bradenton Herald/MCT)
MCT
Louisiana fishermen Eric Melerine, left, and Lance Melerine hang out after pulling some of their crab traps out of the water after government officials ruled that the catch was contaminated by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and could not be sold. After struggling in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the men now face a bleak outlook following the oil spill. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
MCT
Cecilie Innerby of Norway, plays with her 14-month-old baby, Alma, at the Manatee County Public beach while on a holiday in the area, Monday, May 3, 2010. Florida Governor Charlie Crist has signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency in 13 more Gulf Coast counties from Franklin in the Panhandle to Sarasota in southwest Florida. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condie/Bradenton Herald/MCT)
MCT
Jack Marfleet, of London, enjoys the breezy sunshine at Manatee County public beach in Florida, Monday, May 3, 2010, while on a 2-week holiday in the area where locals are keeping a close watch on the spreading oil spill. Florida Governor Charlie Crist has signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency in 13 more Gulf Coast counties from Franklin in the Panhandle to Sarasota in southwest Florida. (Tiffany Tompkins-Condie/Bradenton Herald/MCT)
MCT
Commerical fishing boats are docked in Pensacola, Florida, May 3, 2010, after the federal government restricted fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. After an oil production rig in the Gulf collasped, the spill has now threated the Gulf states and impacted the commerical fishing communities. (Charles Trainor Jr/Miami Herald/MCT)
MCT
A boat drifts along one of the booms placed to block oil at the mouth of the Southeast Pass of the Mississippi River near Venice, Louisiana, where it enters the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, April 30 2010. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
MCT
Captain Peace Marvel, 43, attempts to reposition a boom, meant to keep out oil, that has drifted out of place along the mouth of the Southeast Pass of the Mississippi River near Venice, Louisiana, where it enters the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, April 30 2010. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
MCT
Ronald Phillips, a shrimper for more than 40 years, listens to officials discuss the impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill at the Boothville Elementary School in Boothville, Louisiana, on Friday, April 30 2010. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
MCT
Capt. Jerry Andrews stands on the stern of his charter fishing boat, Entertainer, in Pensacola Beach, Florida, May 3, 2010. Andrews has had a steady stream of phone calls canceling fishing trips on his boat and he fears the season could be lost because of the oil rig that collasped in the Gulf of Mexico that created a large oil spill that threatens Florida's panhandle. (Charles Trainor Jr/Miami Herald/MCT)
MCT
Waves splash across an oil-containment boom along the length of the CSX Railroad bridge spanning the mouth of the Bay of St. Louis, Mississippi, Friday, April 30, 2010. Strong wave actioin may push oil from a sunken rig in the Gulf of Mexico over the booms. (John Fitzhugh/Biloxi Sun Herald/MCT)
MCT
An oil-containment boom runs along the length of the CSX Railroad bridge spanning the mouth of the Bay of St. Louis in Mississippi, Friday, April 30, 2010. Workers across South Mississippi are making efforts to protect the fragile ecosystem from the oil spilling from a sunken rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (John Fitzhugh/Biloxi Sun Herald/MCT)
MCT
of 30
i
