Fishstyx
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More fish from a ban doesn't mean that the fishing industry has recovered. Also, not all fishing areas are open and doing well. Oysters for sure are still expensive do to the spill.
The industry aspect is different. A lot of those guys made a sh!t ton of cash from working the spill and aren't going back to fishing. In fact, I read several articles where guys just can't find people to crew their fishing boats.
The oyster issue really has nothing to do with the actual oil. The reason the oyster population was hit so hard is that opened all of the Mississippi River flow controls wide open which significantly decreased the salinity in the oyster beds. So in a nutshell, fresh water killed the oyster populations.