The location of Bon Secour on the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico makes it especially vulnerable to hurricanes : The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill drastically reduced the availability of Gulf shrimp , so many people lost their jobs with the fishing industry . In June 2010 , oil globs and submerged oil began washing ashore on the beaches of the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge , killing many fish and crabs
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Bon Secour, Alabama