BILOXI — The state’s top marine official says once BP’s oil stops flowing things will be cleaned up in three to six months, that Mississippi’s fish are “big, fat and happy” and that shrimp would be safe to eat now — the ban on catching them is based on bureaucracy, not health hazards. Bill Walker, head of the state Department of Marine Resources, in a meeting with the Sun Herald on Friday said he’s felt and smelled the oily tar that’s washed ashore in...
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