Spill and response already have taken toll on seafood , tourism industries . `` It affects the people that truck it , the people that make the ice , the people that [ provide ] fuel -- the labor just to transport it is just monumental , '' said Denmark , describing the long chain of workers involved in harvesting and shipping seafood . Dauphin Island , Alabama , city official : Seafood crop could take a decade to recover . Comment: Vacationers spend billions in the region , but many Americans have canceled plans .
Spill and response already have taken toll on seafood , tourism industries . Dauphin Island , Alabama , city official : Seafood crop could take a decade to recover . Comment: Vacationers spend billions in the region , but many Americans have canceled plans .