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Ha Nguyen (l), a second-generation fishermen from Port Fourchon who attended the Houma fishing summit with her brother Phi ahn Nguyen. Photo: Ed Lallo/Louisiana Seafood News As the season nears its prime months, the harvest at this location in St. Landry Parish looks promising so far for the size, catch and taste of the product.  Crawfisherman Peter LaFleur works the fields with his son Aubry. Photo: Ed Lallo/Louisiana Seafood News At times, Douglas Olander of Big D Seafood near New Iberia, La feels he has made a living from the Rodney Dangerfield of the fish world. Over the years, the Louisiana black drum has gotten no respect. Photo:  Ed Lallo/Louisiana Seafood News “Fishing is just something you grow up doing and it’s part of our culture here,” said Clint Guidry, a third-generation Louisiana shrimper and fisherman and president of the Louisiana Shrimp Association standing on Bundy Seafood’s dock in Lafitte.  Across the bayou two shrimp boats remain stuck in shallow water,  reminders of Hurricane Isaac. Photo: Ed Lallo/Louisiana Seafood News Oysterman Anthony Slavich of Hopedale, La. Louisiana crabber Jason Theriot checks the sizes of crabs to see if there are any keepers. Shrimper Nicky Alfonso Encalade's boat, Miss Tallace, is docked at Pointe la Hache because there are no oysters to fish. Kim Chauvin Wilbert Collins Workers take the time to sand barnacles off the boats so they will be ready if the oysters recover. The oysterman of Pointe la Hache all look out for one another. Roland Phillips currently has his boat out of the water for repairs while he waits for the oysters to recover. Louisiana oysterman Byron Encalade. Fisherman Nicky and Lisa Alfonso at the home in St. Bernard, Louisiana. Sandy Ha Nguyen, Executive Director for Coastal Communities Consulting explains some options to local residents who showed up Tuesday at the Lafitte Community Center in Jean Lafitte, Louisiana, to speak to BP's oil spill claims fund administrator Kenneth Feinberg. The building reached it's capacity and not everyone was able to get in. Bob Pellega, an oyster shucker, waits outside the Lafitte Community Center in Jean Lafitte, Louisiana Tuesday.Hundreds of people showed up to talk to BP's oil spill claims fund administrator Kenneth Feinberg. The building reached it's capacity and not everyone was able to get in. Jason Blanchard, a crab fisherman from Marrero, La., talks to BP claim administrators about why his claim was denied. Blanchard has been out of work since the spill. He was given a phone number to call. Shrimper Eddie Collins (l) and dock buyer Ken Bundy of Bundy Seafood, lament a bad opening day for white shrimp season. Collins came in with a catch of only 25lbs of 21-25 size shrimp. On the first day of white shrimp season, Eddie Collins total catch was approximatlely 25 lbs of 21-25 size shrimp. Crabbers are the only commercial fishermen still selling to Beshel Seafood at Pointe-a-la-Hache marina. Peter Gerica believes the lack of usual availability of fish and shellfish from Louisiana has shortages and that’s led to a false perception about quality. Peter Vujnovich, a third generation oyster farmer and owner of Captain Pete’s Oysters, addresses the issues of the oystermen at a New Orleans Move Forward Now press conference. Family photo of Clint aboard his fishing boat the "Uncle Pops" with one of the largest bluefin tuna he landed. The fish was caught in the waters of the present day leaking BP gulf well. Clint Guidry, of the Louisiana Shrimp Associations, fears what the consequences of the oil spill in the gulf will mean to members of his associaton. Jimmie Dupre and his wife Anna weigh and ready shrimp to deliver to customers at Delcambre Direct Seafood. Anna Dupre weighs shrimp to deliver to customers at Delcambre Direct Seafood. Johnny Dupre prepares fresh shrimp to deliver to the public off the docks at Delcambre from the new Delcambre Direct Seafood. Jimmie Dupre and his wife Anna deliver fresh shrimp to customers at Delcambre Direct Seafood. Peter Gerica empties shrimp from a test net on the first day of spring shrimp season in southern Louisiana. A shrimper pulls in nets off his small trawler on the first day of the spring season. Only a few boats ply Lake Borgne on the spring shrimp season’s first day Gary Bauer owns Portchartrain Blue Crab, a large crab processing facility on Salt Bayou near Slidell, La. Lake Pontchatrain fisherman Frank Woolley sits on his boat at the docks in Bucktown commercial marina.

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