est estuaries. reporter: booms and skimmers didn t make it to this area until the oil crept into the bay. he says it is proof bp s cleanup plan wasn t adequate. when you hear bp say we are doing everything we can, we are being as proactive as we can, nobody wants this cleaned up more than us nonsense. intensify this effort, 15 miles out on the coast, don t fight it in the wetlands with the shrimp, crabs and oysters are. once the oil gets in here, the damage is already done. reporter: almost two months into this oil disaster, bp has been told to step up its cleanup efforts. but out here the fishermen that live off these waters aren t waiting around. what s interest sing that the governor and the people who are doing these vacuum barges are first to tell you that this isn t the best efforts to clean this up. the first two barges are have only collected 10,000 gallons of oil since they were implemented about a week ago. but they say that look, you have
fight this oil 15 to 25 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 waters aren t waiting around. governor jindal says that right now along the louisiana coast, there are about nine of those vacuum trucks that have been deployed. he s requested to get almost 30 in all to be deployed along the gulf coast. they re not incredibly effective. the governor is the first to admit that. so far the first two have collected about 10,000 gallons worth of oil. they feel any drop they can pick up extra from the bp and federal government side, they will take at this point. i m sure they will. ed lavendera this morning, thanks so much. 44 minutes past the hour. jacqui jeras is going to be along with the morning s travel forecast for us right after the break.
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