The Deepwater Horizon oil leak kept tourists away in droves, and their absence this summer is being realized in the decline in saltwarer fishing license sales and revenue in Alabama and Mississippi.
Alabama’s acting Marine Resources Division Director Maj. Chris Blankenship talks to Outdoors Editor Jeff Dute about the potential short-and long-term impacts of the decline in license sales on his division and fishermen.
See video here: http://videos.al.com/mobile-press-register/2010/09/eye_on_the_outdoors_oil_spill.html