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Barham views oil spill, state wildlife
When Robert Barham succeeded Bryant Hammett of Ferriday as Secretary of the state's Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in 2008, he did not foresee the agency being turned upside down by tragic events on April 23, 2010.
"I never did envision anything like the BP oil spill," Barnham told the Ferriday Rotary Club Thursday. "It changed everything. It was the worst time and the worst place for that to happen. In the spring there is a lot of interchange going on in the open ocean."
Barham said mistakes were made early in trying to clean up the oil, including sub-surface dispersants.
"That had never been used before at that depth or that volume," he said. "Oil on the surface is completely different than oil 5,000 feet at the bottom.
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