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  • Jami Serigne, left, and her husband Kimmie Serigne, center, clean shrimp while their son Morgan Serigne, 6, plays with his pet turtle as they prepare to have fried shrimp for dinner in their home on the outskirts of Chalmette, LA on May 21st, 2010. The shrimp was caught in the local bayou to be used for bait after the shrimping industry was shut down after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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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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  • After the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, commercial shrimp captain Loc Nguyen, 56, cleans and makes repairs on 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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  • Kimmie Serigne with his wife Jami Serigne have fried shrimp for dinner with their sons Joseph Serigne, 1, left, and Morgan Serigne, 6, right, in their home on the outskirts of Chalmette, LA on May 21st, 2010. The shrimp was caught in the local bayou to be used for bait after the shrimping industry was shut down after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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  • Shrimpboat captain Minh Vo cries after waiting for over four hours for financial support from Catholic Charities in New Orleans East, LA on May 21, 2010. He received a $100 grocery check for his family of six. His wife was forced to find a job after his commercial shrimp boat was grounded because of the oil spill. 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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  • Jason Melerine shrimping with Stephen Tircuit on Delacroix Island, LA on November 8, 2010.
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  • Phong Nguyen, (left) from Luling, LA, helps unload boxes of donated food from Second Harvest Food Bank with Catholic Charities after waiting for 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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  • 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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  • David Hebert with his nephew Ryan Miller shrimping on the bayou outside Delacroix Island , LA August 26th, 2010.
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  • Jason Melerine shrimping at dusk with Katie Landry and Stephen Tircuit on Delacroix Island, LA on November 8, 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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  • Jason Melerine shrimping with Katie Landry and Stephen Tircuit on Delacroix Island, LA on November 8, 2010.
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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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  • After shrimp season was closed because of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, shrimp boat captain Minh Vo plays with his son Quentin Vo, 2, at their home in Marrero, LA on May 23, 2010.  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 while his wife found a job in a nail salon two weeks earlier.
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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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  • After shrimp season was closed because of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, shrimp boat captain Minh Vo cooks Sunday lunch for his family while his son Quentin Vo, 2, watches at their home in Marrero, LA on May 23, 2010.  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 while his wife found a job in a nail salon two weeks earlier.
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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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  • Boiling shrimp on Delacroix Island , LA August 26th, 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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  • 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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  • Local fishermen gather for a shrimp cook off on Delacroix Island, LA August 26th, 2010.
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  • Local fishermen gather for a shrimp cook off on Delacroix Island, LA August 26th, 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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  • 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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  • Fisherman Kimmie Serigne pulls in a pot while out fishing blue crab at dawn 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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.
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  • A shrimp boat comes into Delacroix, LA on August 24th.
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  • The Delacroix Staging Area for BP contractors working the oil spill on Delacroix Island , LA August 26th, 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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  • The bayou outside Delacroix Island , LA August 26th, 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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  • Hurricane Katrina anniversary memorial ceremony, laying of the wreath on Shell Beach, LA August 29, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Jason Melerine with his family at his home in Poydras, LA on August 31, 2010.
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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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  • Oil on the water Lake Campo and Black Bay on August 24th, 2010.
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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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  • 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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  • Jason Melerine and his family in St Bernard, LA on November 14, 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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  • 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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  • Morgan Serigne, 6, and his brother Logan Serigne, 4, play outside their home in Poydras, LA on July  12th, 2010.
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  • Hurricane Katrina anniversary memorial ceremony, laying of the wreath on Shell Beach, LA August 29, 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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  • 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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  • Local fishermen watching Katrina anniversary footage in Serigne's cafe on August 25th, 2010. The local fishermen were working for BP, helping clean up the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
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  • Redfish fishing with Clinton Morales on Delacroix Island , LA August 25th, 2010.
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  • Oil spill sandbags along the Gulf of Mexico on July 7th, 2010.
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  • Thomas Gonzales crab fishing in the bayou near Delacroix, LA on November 12, 2010.
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  • Thomas Gonzalez looks after his bees on his home in Delacroix, LA August 30, 2010.
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  • Contaminated boom is dropped off at Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale, LA, on August 30, 2010.
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  • Oil washed up on the beach in Waveland, Mississippi on July 09, 2010.
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  • Pelicans sit on boom near California Bay as a tropical storm develops in the Gulf of Mexico, LA on July 20, 2010.
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  • Boat ride with NRDC members looking at oil spill sandbags on July 7th, 2010.
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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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  • 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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  • Paul Serigne gator hunting on the bayou outside Delacroix Island , LA 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Danny and Melanie Morales at their home on Delacroix Island on August 1, 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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  • Fishing boats load up with boom at Delacroix Island, LA on July 20, 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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  • Fishermen head out of Delacroix, LA to pull up contaminated soft boom 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Public Meeting with BP at the Frederick J. Sigur Civic Center Ballroom in Chalmette, Louisiana on May 24nd, 2010.
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  • Thomas Gonzales watches the sun rise while crab fishing in Delacroix, LA on November 12, 2010.
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  • Jason Melerine sits alone at a bar in St Bernard, LA on August 24th. Working for BP since the oil spill closed the fishing community down, Jason was depressed, worried about his family and the future of fishing in the small rural community.
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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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  • 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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