Oil Spill Dead Fish Wash Ashore

View Louisiana Oil Spill Coastline Map in a larger map

Our Anonymous Environmental reporter notes that dead fish have begun to wash ashore in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. This is confirmed in a local media report that stated, "Fishers in St. Bernard Parish have been spotting an unusual amount of dead fish floating along the banks of the marshes in recent days, as the expanse of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill creeps more into the marshes of Breton and Chandeleur sounds." According to a New Orleans newspaper.

We will be mapping these reports on FloridaOilSpill.com.

Oil Arrives - Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana - May 5, 2010

Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana begin to see oil spill in the  latest satellite image from the Nasa Earth Observatory. The oil appears like a brown snake in the upper left corner of the image to the left.

The high definition image  link below clearly showns the incoming oil. According to NASA, "Light tan streamers snake across Chandeleur Sound in this detailed natural-color satellite image from May 5, 2010. The streamers are probably ropes of oil from a leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico. The streamers surround Freemason Island and arc through Chandeleur Sound west of the Chandeleur Islands. The image is from the Advanced Land Imager on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite."

 The High Definition Image is available here.

Oil Arrives - Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana

Image Captured May 5, 2010