the state s richest fishing oil. this is nothing short of a disaster but grand isle s mayor says red tape is bogging down the cleanuppests. he s fighting the federal government to build oil containment systems between barrier islands. we re asking you agencies out there to work with us, work with us and listen to us, and i guarantee you will be happy. it will come back after hurricane season. we can protect the estuaries. reporter: booms and skimmers didn t make it to this part of louisiana before the oil creeped into the bay and it s proof that bp s cleanup plan isn t adequate. when you hear bp say they are doing everything they can. nobody wants this cleaned up more than us. nonsense. they need to fight it in the coast, nowhere the shrimp and crabs and oysters are. the damage is already done. reporter: almost two months into the oil disaster, bp has
they ve seen the deepest reaches of this oil into the louisiana marshland. we re going to go see some of this heavy oil. reporter: on a boat tour of the bay with the louisiana governor, patches of thick oil are spread across this state s richest fishing waters. oil this far north is nothing short of a disaster. but grand isle s mayor says red tape is still bogging down the clean-up efforts. he s fighting the federal government to get permits to build oil containment systems between barrier islands. we re asking you agencies out there to work with us, work with us and listen to us. i guarantee you, you re going to be happy. it s going to come back after hurricane season. i can promise you that we ll protect the estuaries but we have to act now. reporter: governor jindal says booms and skimmers didn t make it to this part of louisiana before the oil creeped into the bay. he says it s proof bp s clean-up plan simply wasn t adequate. when you hear bp say we re doing everything we c
clean-up efforts. he s fighting the federal government to get permits to build oil containment systems between barrier islands. we re asking you agencies out there to work with us, work with us and listen to us. i guarantee you, you re going to be happy. it s going to come back after hurricane season. i can promise you that we ll protect the estuaries but we have to act now. reporter: governor jindal says booms and skimmers didn t make it to this part of louisiana before the oil creeped into the bay. he says it s proof bp s clean-up plan simply wasn t adequate. when you hear bp say we re doing everything we can, being as proactive as we can, nobody wants this cleaned up more than us nonsense. nonsense. fight this mile 15 to 20 miles out on the coast. don t fight it in the wetlands where the fish, crabs, oysters are. once this gets in here, the damage is already done. reporter: bp has been told to step up its clean-up efforts. but out here, the fishermen who live off these wat