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Death on the half-shell: Flood could kill 90 percent of state’s oysters
by Wally Northway
Published: June 20,2011
Tags: BP oil spill, disaster, Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi River flood, oysters
Another major disaster is facing Mississippi, and this one could totally wipe out Mississippi’s oysters. If that happens it could be months — perhaps years — before another oyster is harvested in Mississippi waters.
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