Gulf oil spill cleanup and response (41 images)

Fishermen repair an oil boom that broke away from its mooring in Live Oak Bay May 11, 2010. Miles of oil boom have been loaded onto fishing vessels, and fishermen are taking temporary jobs with the cleanup effort to save Louisiana's vital fishing industry. UPI/A.J. Sisco..

Roseate Spoonbills and white ibis nest on an island in Drum Bay off the coast of Louisiana May 11, 2010. A massive oil spill from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico threatens the nesting grounds of the marsh birds. UPI/A.J. Sisco..

Fishermen place oil-absorbent booms in the marshes of St. Bernard Parish as efforts continue to combat the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. While engineers try to plug the deepwater well, teams are working to protect the fragile Louisiana marsh from the spreading slick. UPI/A.J. Sisco..

A well schematic of the Mississippi Canyon in the Gulf of Mexico is seen during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig accident in the Gulf of Mexico, in Washington on May 11, 2010. The Deepwater Horizon rig was operating in the canyon. UPI/Kevin Dietsch