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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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  • Paul Serigne and Melvin gator hunting  on the bayou outside Delacroix Island , LA August 27th, 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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  • 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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  • Local fishermen take a break from collecting oil contaminated boom on August 24th.
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  • Eric Melerine bringing in contaminated hard boom to Hopedale, LA August 30, 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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  • 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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  • Fishermen working for St Bernard Parish replacing hard boom around Bell Island, LA on July 20, 2010.
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  • Deckhand Joshua Alfonso grades 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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  • After the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, commercial shrimp captain Loc Nguyen, 56, cleans his boat, the Captain Paul, while he waits for the authorities to reopen the shrimp fishing industry in Chalmette, LA on May 21, 2010. The Vietnamese fishing community have struggled to survive after the shrimping industry shut down three weeks earlier.
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  • Eric Melerine and his brother Jason Melerine with his wife Nicole Melerine and children Hailey Melerine, 7, Gabrielle Melerine, green top, 4, Hannah Melerine, dress, 3, and Jason Melerine Jr., 2, at Eric's home in Violet, LA on July 18, 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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  • 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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  • Debris from Hurricane Katrina still litter the bayou five years after the storm near Delacroix Island , LA August 25th, 2010.
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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. Jason Melerine with his family at his home in Poydras, LA on August 31, 2010.
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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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  • Paul Serigne gator hunting on the bayou outside Delacroix Island , LA August 27th, 2010.
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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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  • Oil on the water Lake Campo and Black Bay on August 24th, 2010.
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  • Oil coating reeds near Bell Island, LA on July 20, 2010.
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  • Jason Melerine blue crab fishing in Delacroix Island, Louisiana on May 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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  • Oil floating close to Bell Island, LA on July 20, 2010.
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  • Jason Melerine and his family in St Bernard, LA on November 14, 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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  • 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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  • Local fishermen take a break from collecting oil contaminated boom on August 24th.
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  • Oil on the water Lake Campo and Black Bay on August 24th.
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  • Delacroix Island in Louisiana, August 25th, 2010.
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  • Redfish fishing with Clinton Morales on Delacroix Island , LA August 25th, 2010.
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  • Fishing boats load up with boom at Delacroix Island, LA on July 20, 2010.
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  • Fishermen head out of Delacroix, LA to pull up contaminated soft boom on July 20, 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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  • 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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  • Logan Serigne, 4, plays near his home in Poydras, LA on July  6th, 2010.
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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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  • Captain Jason Melerine heads to the next line of crab pots 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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  • Hurricane Katrina anniversary memorial ceremony. laying of the wreath on Shell Beach, LA August 29, 2010.  Delacroix Hope Baptist Church with Pastor Boogie in St Bernard. Avery Serigne's first birthday party at Kimmie and Jami's home in St Bernard.
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  • Anthony Major, center, and Ryan Hobson, far right, grade and pack blue crab while Jason Melerine, left, and deck hand Michael Labat wash down the boat 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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  • Flying over the BP oil spill site from Houma, LA on July  13th, 2010.
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  • Oil washed up on the beach in Waveland, Mississippi on July 09, 2010.
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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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  • The bayou outside Delacroix Island , LA August 26th, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Oil on the water Lake Campo and Black Bay on August 24th, 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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  • Flying over the BP oil spill site from Houma, LA on July  13th, 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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  • Captain Jason Melerine, left, assists deck hand Michael Labat, right, haul in crab pots from the boat 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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  • Paul Serigne returns to Delacroix Island, LA after spending the morning gator hunting in the bayou on August 27th, 2010.
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  • Paul Serigne gator hunting on the bayou outside Delacroix Island , LA August 27th, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Eric Melerine and his brother Allen Labat pulling in hard boom around Pelican Island, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Van Huynh bathes her son Quentin Vo, 2, at their home in Marrero, LA on May 23, 2010.  With her husband out of work as a commercial shrimp boat captain because of the BP oil spill, Van Huynh has had to find work for the family to financially survve. By the time the $5,000 check from BP arrived, it was spent within days paying bills. Now the family of six don't know how to survive. Forced from his shrimp boat, Minh Vo began cooking, cleaning and looking after the children at home.
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  • Avery Serigne's first birthday party at Kimmie and Jami's home in St Bernard on August 29, 2010.
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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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  • Gator hunting with Paul Serigne on the bayou outside Delacroix Island , LA August 27th, 2010.
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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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  • Kimmie Severigne with Delacroix Island fishermen working for St Bernard Parish 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Blue crab clings to the pot as it's pulled into the boat by Kimmie Serigne 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. 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Morgan Serigne, 6, and his brother Logan Serigne, 4, play outside their home in Poydras, LA on July  12th, 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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  • 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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  • Local fishermen gather together at dusk to drink beer in Delacroix, 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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  • Eric Melerine watching a storm come in while pulling in hard boom around Pelican Island, 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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  • 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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  • Allen 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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  • Eric Melerine and Allen Labat heading out to pick up contaminated boom on Delacroix Island , LA August 26th, 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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  • Local fishermen listen to the safety meeting as 2et weather cancels BP workers as they wait out the storm on Delacroix Island , LA August 27th, 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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