It will take time to determine the damage to the fishery, the shrimp and oysters. However as Aged Sage predicted, the action of the natural forces, the bacteria, the heat of the sun, and the wave action is resulting in the surface oil disappearing before the eyes of the people there to clean it up. In a few days the amount cleaned dropped from 25,000 barrels to 200 barrels. A professor from LSU explained it as mother natural healing herself. It even seems that a good tropical storm might be benefical.

It seems right now that the major damage was done by the press causing thousands of tourist to not come and visit.