"Fishermen Fear Disruption of Their Way of Life"

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration extended the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico last week, and about 25 percent of federal waters, nearly 60,000 square miles, is now off limits to commercial fishermen. The notion that the spill would not be cleaned up in a few months, or possibly years, has hit 'like the death of a family member,' said Connie Townsend, the owner of a fishing boat charter service in Terrebonne Parish. And in interviews across southern Louisiana last week, the responses included anger, denial and naked grief." Amy Harmon reports for the New York Times May 29, 2010.