It's bad. Real bad. Just about all of my regular marsh fishing areas on the East side of the Mississippi delta are now closed. The shrimp harvest is nill and prices are up 30% if you can find fresh shrimp. The largest oyster processor in the country just laid off all of it's workers and the oyster bars in town are starting to import oysters from the East and West coast, none of which have the rich flavor and character of Gulf Coast oysters. Some of the better blue crab areas are closed. That's affecting restaurants from Virginia to Maryland (did you know a large percentage of crab houses surrounding Chesapeake Bay actually serve blue crabs from the Gulf coast?) Then that idiot Obama went and shut down all of the wells in the Gulf which is killing the industry and really hurting thousands of people and businesses that support it. The only bright spot in the whole mess is that we have a Governor (Bobby Jindal) who's smart and effective. He's doing his best but seems to have to fight the Feds every step of the way.