weather. they re really hoping a hurricane doesn t come here because that would tremendously set back the effort. for now, the biggest hope is really killing that well and then the clean-up can really make much more progress. i m going to ask you one more question. i hope you can hear me over that train that s passing by in new orleans. but the closure of the fishing areas, the new fishing areas that have been closed, is that a huge deal? were fishermen actually going out and fishing those waters? reporter: you know, a lot of fishermen have been working for bp. they re just taking the jobs, moving that boom. i seay saw literally hundreds of boats from the sky working boom off the coast of mississippi, off the coast of louisiana. there s about 550 miles of boom out there. and it s essentially the fishermen who are doing that job. the vast majority of fishermen, i think, are now on bp s