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  • Commercial shrimp boat captains Joseph Latapie, 72, left, Travis Latapie, Chris Battle and his wife Cierra Battle, listen to the BP representative answer questions about the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico at a Public Meeting at the Frederick J. Sigur Civic Center Ballroom in Chalmette, Louisiana on May 24th, 2010.
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  • Local fishermen load up their boats with boom to take out to the BP oil spill from Delacroix Island, Louisiana on May 24th, 2010.
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  • Commercial shrimp boat captain Joseph Latapie, 72, left, with his son Travis Latapie, right, talks with Richard Oracoy, foreground, while Manvel Meyer, far right, waits in line for their checks from BP before the Public Meeting at the Frederick J. Sigur Civic Center Ballroom in Chalmette, Louisiana on May 24th, 2010. Over 500 fishermen and their families waited in line for over five hours in sweltering heat for their checks from BP.
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  • Hundreds of fishermen wait in line for their checks from BP, some waiting over five hours, before the Public Meeting at the Frederick J. Sigur Civic Center Ballroom in Chalmette, Louisiana on May 24th, 2010.
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  • Tootsie Latapie, left, holds her great-grandaughter Mallory Battle, 11 months, beside her friend Ann Evans, right, while they wait for their husbands who were waiting in line with hundreds of fishermen for their checks from BP before the Public Meeting at the Frederick J. Sigur Civic Center Ballroom in Chalmette, Louisiana on May 24th, 2010. Over 500 fishermen and their families waited in line for over five hours in sweltering heat for their checks from BP.
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  • Delacroix Island in Louisiana, August 25th, 2010.
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  • Deckhands Joshua Alfonso, left, and Derrick Bennett, right, sort blue crab as they run pots from Yscloskey in St Bernard Parish, LA on May 26th, 2010. Local fisherman from St Bernard Parish were desperately fishing the surrounding bayou to earn as much income as possible before authorities shut down the crab fishing while the BP oil spill inched closer.
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  • Jason Melerine counts his catch of blue crab waiting to be sorted on Delacroix Island in St Bernard Parish, LA on May 25th, 2010. Local fisherman from St Bernard Parish were desperately fishing the surrounding bayou to earn as much income as possible before authorities shut down the crab fishing while the BP oil spill inched closer.
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  • Deck hand Michael Labat grabs bait while running pots catching blue crabs in the bayou in Plaquemines Parish, LA on May 25th, 2010. Local fisherman from St Bernard Parish were desperately fishing the surrounding bayou to earn as much income as possible before authorities shut down the crab fishing while the BP oil spill inched closer.
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  • Sal Gagliano, center, Anthony Major, right, and Kimmie Serigne, far right, grade and pack blue crab on Delacroix Island, LA on May 22nd, 2010. Local fishermen were racing against time to catch crab and earn an income before the fishing industry completely shut down with oil contaminating the waters after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Currently blue crab fishing is the only industry open after shrimp and oyster fishing were closed a month earlier.
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  • An old boat sits on an empty lot on Delacroix Island, LA on September 01, 2010. Hurricane Katrina devastated the small island community, then came the BP oil spill that took another toll on the fishing community.
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  • Thomas Gonzales, 72, at his home after gator hunting in Delacroix Island, LA on August 30, 2010. Thomas is one of the only Delacroix fishermen not working for BP.
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  • Thomas Gonzales, 72, gator hunting from Delacroix Island, LA August 31, 2010. Last week he finished crabbing because the price dropped to $1.25 for the 1's and it wasn't worth the bait and gas to continue. Thomas is one of the only Delacroix fishermen not working for BP.
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  • Thomas Gonzales, 72, gator hunting from Delacroix Island, LA August 31, 2010. Last week he finished crabbing because the price dropped to $1.25 for the 1's and it wasn't worth the bait and gas to continue. Thomas is one of the only Delacroix fishermen not working for BP.
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  • Thomas Gonzales, 72, gator hunting from Delacroix Island, LA August 31, 2010.  Last week he finished crabbing because the price dropped to $1.25 for the 1's and it wasn't worth the bait and gas to continue. Thomas is one of the only Delacroix fishermen not working for BP.
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  • Thomas Gonzales, 72, getting ready to go gator hunting from Delacroix Island, LA August 31, 2010.  Last week he finished crabbing because the price dropped to $1.25 for the 1's and it wasn't worth the bait and gas to continue. Thomas is one of the only Delacroix fishermen not working for BP.
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  • Kimmie Serigne with his sons Logan Serigne, 4, and his brother Joseph Serigne, 1, at their home in Poydras, LA on July  6th, 2010.
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  • Kimmie Serigne gives his youngest son Joseph Serigne, 1, some shrimp during a family gathering at his home in St Bernard, LA on August 29, 2010.
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  • The bayou outside Delacroix Island , LA August 26th, 2010.
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  • Local fishermen take a break from collecting oil contaminated boom on August 24th.
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  • Eric Melerine and his brother Allen Labat pulling in hard boom around Pelican Island, LA August 30, 2010.
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  • Eric Melerine, Mikey Labat and his brother Allen Labat bringing in contaminated hard boom from Pelican Island to Hopedale, LA August 30, 2010.
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  • Allen Labat pulling in hard boom around Pelican Island from Delacroix Island, LA August 30, 2010.
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  • Eric Melerine, Mikey Labat and his brother Allen Labat pulling in hard boom around Pelican Island from Delacroix Island, LA August 30, 2010.
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  • Fishermen load up boom and fill up gas at the dock at Delacroix Island, LA before heading out into the Gulf of Mexico to assist in the BP Oil Spill clean up on September 02, 2010.
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  • Jason Melerine during the morning safety meeting local fishermen attended before heading out to clean up contaminated boom, on Delacroix Island, LA August 25th, 2010.
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  • Redfish fishing with Clinton Morales on Delacroix Island , LA August 25th, 2010.
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  • Delacroix Island fishermen working for St Bernard Parish collect 209 bags of absorbent boom around Black Bay, LA on July 19, 2010.
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  • Wildlife and Fisheries checking for oiled birds on Popcorn beach in Venice, LA, on July 10th, 2010.
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  • Workers picked blue crab Thursday at the Pontchartrain Blue Crab processing facility in Slidell, LA on July 15, 2010. Gary Bauer, president of the company said his sales of blue crab and shrimp have dropped to 20% of their normal $8 million-a-year pace since the BP Oil Spill. Gary Bauer, President of Pontchartrain Blue Crab at his processing plant in Slidell, LA on July 15, 2010.
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  • Jason Melerine with his son Jason Malerine Jr., 2, at their home in Violet, LA on November 8, 2010.
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  • Kimmie Serigne and his wife Jami Serigne with their children Morgan, 6, Joseph, 1, and Logan, 4, at their home in Poydras, LA on July  12th, 2010.
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  • Boiling shrimp on Delacroix Island , LA August 26th, 2010.
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  • Sisters Gabbrielle Melerine, 4, left, Hailey Melerine, 7, Jason Melerine Jr., 2, and Hannah Melerine, 3, center, play on one of their father Jason Melerine's fishing boats in Poydras, St Bernard Parish, LA on May 20, 2010. The Melerine family origially settled in the area in the 1700's and have been fishermen in the area through the generations. Captain Eric Melerine crew on his crab boat include his brother Jason Melerine and cousin Lance Melerine, all affected by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico with the oil threatening to the shut down the entire fishing industry.
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  • Jason Melerine with his family at his home in Poydras, LA on August 31, 2010.
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  • Crab fishermen head out at dawn down the canal leading into the bayou from Yscloskey in St Bernard Parish, LA on May 26th, 2010. Local fisherman from St Bernard Parish were desperately fishing the surrounding bayou to earn as much income as possible before authorities shut down the crab fishing while the BP oil spill inched closer.
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  • Thomas gator, 72, hunting from Delacroix Island, LA August 31, 2010.  last week he finished crabbing because the price dropped to $1.25 for the 1's and it wasn't worth the bait and gas to continue. Thomas is one of the only Delacroix fishermen not working for BP.
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  • Thomas gator, 72, hunting from Delacroix Island, LA August 31, 2010.  last week he finished crabbing because the price dropped to $1.25 for the 1's and it wasn't worth the bait and gas to continue. Thomas is one of the only Delacroix fishermen not working for BP.
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  • Mikey Labat and his brother Allen Labat pulling in hard boom around Pelican Island from Delacroix Island, LA August 30, 2010.
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  • Blue crab caught by fisherman Kimmie Serigne as he runs 100 traps for the first time this season in Little Lake on Plaquemines Parish, LA on May 22nd, 2010. Local fishermen were racing against time to catch crab and earn an income before the fishing industry completely shut down with oil contaminating the waters after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Currently blue crab fishing is the only industry open after shrimp and oyster fishing were closed a month earlier.
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  • Local fishermen bow their heads in prayer before leaving to pick up hard boom for BP on August 24th.
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  • Oil on the water Lake Campo and Black Bay on August 24th, 2010.
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  • Jason Serigne on weather standby near California Bay as a tropical storm develops in the Gulf of Mexico, LA on July 20, 2010.
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  • Delacroix Island fishermen working for St Bernard Parish collect 209 bags of absorbent boom around Black Bay, LA on July 19, 2010.
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  • Replacing hard boom around Bell Island, LA on July 20, 2010.
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  • Wildlife and Fisheries checking for oiled birds on Popcorn beach in Venice, LA, on July 10th, 2010.
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  • Birds are cleaned by Wildlife and Fisheries during the BP Oil Spill on Fort Jackson, Buras, LA on July 8th, 2010.
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  • Deck hand Derrick Bennett reaches for a crab pot on Lake Amedee in St Bernard Parish, LA on May 26th, 2010. Local fisherman from St Bernard Parish were desperately fishing the surrounding bayou to earn as much income as possible before authorities shut down the crab fishing while the BP oil spill inched closer.
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  • Deck hand Michael Labat, left, and Lance Melerine, right, work on the boat as they head through Plaquemines Parish, LA to pick up more crab pots on May 25th, 2010. Local fisherman from St Bernard Parish were desperately fishing the surrounding bayou to earn as much income as possible before authorities shut down the crab fishing while the BP oil spill inched closer.
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  • Commercial fisherman Jason Melerine, with his wife's name tattoed on his arm, steers the boat through the bayou in Plaquemines Parish, LA on May 25th, 2010. Local fisherman from St Bernard Parish were desperately fishing the surrounding bayou to earn as much income as possible before authorities shut down the crab fishing while the BP oil spill inched closer.
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  • Exhausted, Van Huynh spends time with her children Quentin Vo, 2, left, and Renee Vo, 5, right, at their home in Marrero, LA on May 23, 2010. Van Huynh found a job in a nail salon working long hours to earn money for the family after her husband Minh Vo lost his income after shrimp season was closed because of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. By the time the $5,000 check from BP arrived, it was spent within days paying bills. Forced from his shrimp boat, Minh Vo began cooking, cleaning and looking after the children at home.
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  • Kimmie Serigne surrounds blue crab with ice preparing them for grading and packing after arriving back on Delacroix Island, LA on May 22nd, 2010. Local fishermen were racing against time to catch crab and earn an income before the fishing industry completely shut down with oil contaminating the waters after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Blue crab fishing was the only industry open after shrimp and oyster fishing were closed a month earlier.
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  • Kimmie Serigne baits his crab pots as he runs 100 traps for the first time this season in Little Lake on Plaquemines Parish, LA on May 22nd, 2010. Local fishermen were racing against time to catch crab and earn an income before the fishing industry completely shut down with oil contaminating the waters after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Currently blue crab fishing is the only industry open after shrimp and oyster fishing were closed a month earlier.
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  • Shrimpboat captain Minh Vo, left, with his deckhands Cao Dang and Phong Nguyen, right, carefully spend the $100 grocery check provided by Catholic Charities after waiting for over four hours for financial support in New Orleans East, LA on May 21, 2010. The Vietnamese fishing community have struggled to survive after the shrimping industry shut down three weeks earlier after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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  • BP contractors leave Delacroix Island, LA on September 01, 2010.
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  • Thomas Gonzales, 72, gator hunting in the bayou off Delacroix Island, LA on August 31, 2010. Thomas is one of the only Delacroix fishermen not working for BP.
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  • Thomas Gonzales, 72, gator hunting in the bayou off Delacroix Island, LA on August 31, 2010. Thomas is one of the only Delacroix fishermen not working for BP.
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  • Thomas Gonzales, 72, at his home after gator hunting in Delacroix Island, LA on August 30, 2010. Thomas is one of the only Delacroix fishermen not working for BP.
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  • Gator hunting with Paul Serigne on the bayou outside Delacroix Island, LA on August 27th, 2010.
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  • Gator hunting with Paul Serigne on the bayou outside Delacroix Island , LA August 27th, 2010.
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  • Gator hunting with Paul Serigne on the bayou outside Delacroix Island, LA on August 27th, 2010.
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  • Gator hunting with Paul Serigne on the bayou outside Delacroix Island, LA on August 27th, 2010.
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  • After a long day gator hunting, Thomas Gonzales dances in Chalmette, LA on August 27, 2010.
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  • After a long day gator hunting, Thomas Gonzales dances in Chalmette, LA on August 27, 2010.
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  • Thomas Gonzales, 72, gator hunting from Delacroix Island, LA August 31, 2010. Last week he finished crabbing because the price dropped to $1.25 for the 1's and it wasn't worth the bait and gas to continue. Thomas is one of the only Delacroix fishermen not working for BP.
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  • Paul Serigne gator hunting at dawn from Delacroix Island, LA August 31, 2010.
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  • Lionel Serigne watches as BP contractors leave his land after he threatened them with eviction for not paying rent, at Delacroix Island, LA on September 01, 2010.
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  • Lionel Serigne watches as BP contractors leave his land after he threatened them with eviction for not paying rent, at Delacroix Island, LA on September 01, 2010.
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  • Lionel Serigne watches as BP contractors leave his land after he threatened them with eviction for not paying rent, at Delacroix Island, LA on September 01, 2010.
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  • On the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Serigne family gather for a birthday party in St Bernard, LA on August 29, 2010.
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  • Empty lots remain five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the small fishing community of Delacroix Island, LA on September 02, 2010.
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  • Dusk on Delacroix Island, LA on August 30, 2010.
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  • Local fishermen gather together at dusk to drink beer in Delacroix, LA on August 30, 2010.
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  • Lionel Serigne sits with friends at Delacroix Island, LA on August 30, 2010.
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  • Howie Serigne showing Christian Guerra, 8, from St Bernard how to hook his reels in his camper at Delacroix Island, LA on September 01, 2010. Lazarus Gonzles talking with his cousin Howie Serigne visiting on the road.
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  • Blue Crab dealer Russell speaking with his only fishermen catching blue crab, Donald Campo at Delacroix Island, LA August 31, 2010. The rest of the crab fishermen are working for BP helping clean up the oil spill.
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  • Hurricane Katrina anniversary memorial ceremony, laying of the wreath on Shell Beach, LA August 29, 2010.
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  • David Hebert with his nephew Ryan Miller shrimping on the bayou outside Delacroix Island , LA August 26th, 2010.
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  • David Hebert with his nephew Ryan Miller shrimping on the bayou outside Delacroix Island , LA August 26th, 2010.
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  • Oil on the water Lake Campo and Black Bay on August 24th.
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  • Eric Melerine bringing in contaminated hard boom to Hopedale, LA August 30, 2010.
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  • Workers pulled in contaminated hard boom from Pelican Island to Hopedale, LA August 30, 2010.
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  • Allen Labat and his brother Mikey Labat pulling in hard boom around Pelican Island from Delacroix Island, LA August 30, 2010.
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  • Mikey Labat and his brother Allen Labat pulling in hard boom around Pelican Island as a storm comes in to the Gulf of Mexico on August 30, 2010.
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  • Mikey Labat and his brother Allen Labat pulling in hard boom around Pelican Island as a storm comes in to the Gulf of Mexico on August 30, 2010.
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  • Kimmie Severigne with Delacroix Island fishermen working for St Bernard Parish during the early morning safety briefing in Delacroix, LA on July 20, 2010.
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  • Kimmie Severigne with Delacroix Island fishermen working for St Bernard Parish during the early morning safety briefing in Delacroix, LA on July 20, 2010.
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  • On the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, fishermen have their boats loaded with boom to take out to help in the effort to clean up the BP oil spill on Delacroix Island, LA August 25th, 2010.
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  • Jason Melerine during the morning safety meeting local fishermen attended before heading out to clean up contaminated boom, on Delacroix Island, LA August 25th, 2010.
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  • Jason Melerine during the morning safety meeting local fishermen attended before heading out to clean up contaminated boom, on Delacroix Island, LA August 25th, 2010.
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  • Danny and Melanie Morales at their home on Delacroix Island on August 1, 2010.
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  • Father John Arnone, Pastor of St Bernard Catholic Church, blesses the fishing boats during an annual ceremony in Delacroix Island on July 31, 2010.
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  • Father John Arnone, Pastor of St Bernard Catholic Church, blesses the fishing boats during an annual ceremony in Delacroix Island on July 31, 2010.
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  • Redfish fishing with Clinton Morales on Delacroix Island , LA August 25th, 2010.
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  • Redfish fishing with Clinton Morales on Delacroix Island , LA August 25th, 2010.
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  • Morgan Serigne, 6, with his brothers Logan Serigne, 4, and Joseph Serigne, 1, at their home in Poydras, LA on July 30, 2010.
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  • Kimmie Serigne greets his daughter Avery Serigne with his wife Jami Serigne at their home in Poydras, LA on July 20, 2010.
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  • Kimmie Severigne with Delacroix Island fishermen working for St Bernard Parish take a break in-between replacing hard boom around Bell Island, LA on July 20, 2010.
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  • Hannah Melerine, 3, at home in Violet, LA on July 18, 2010. Her father Eric Malerine has been working for BP since the oil spill.
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  • Delacroix Island fishermen working for St Bernard Parish collect 209 bags of absorbent boom around Black Bay, LA on July 19, 2010.
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