Overboard Boater

The news is still not good from the Gulf of Mexico.

The New York Times reports on more fishing closures:

Already, oil is visible in virtually all of Louisiana’s closed coastal waters. Yet its ultimate impact on the gulf fisheries will not be known for months at the earliest.”

A charter captain weighs in on the spill’s effect on his business:

“It’s kind of like a stake in the heart…”

Field & Stream is on the ball with some excellent blogging coverage of the whole situation.

As the BP Oil Disaster continues to wreak havoc on the ecosystem in the Gulf of Mexico, a lot of us are left with feelings of disgust giving way to frustrated helplessness. What can we do when an irresponsible company and a lax government agency bring forth a disaster of epic proportions?

Unless you have the wherewithal to construct a 100-ton containment box, the true answer is not much. But there are ways to help mitigate the disaster on an individual level. Yahoo News put out this article on 10 Things You Can Do To Help.

There’s not much we can do for what’s going on in the deep sea, according to this article.