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Article

19 Jun 2010

Author:
Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post

Gulf oystermen bracing for livelihoods to go south [USA]

[Michael Ivic's father] estimates they've lost $200,000 since the [Gulf oil] spill. They recently received $10,000 in a claim payment from BP. "He gets depressed," Michael said of his father. "He complains about it. He tells me, 'I don't know what we're going to do.' He doesn't want to leave the business in debt for us." This should be a busy, happy time of year for the Croatian Americans of Plaquemines Parish who work the bountiful oyster beds of southern Louisiana. But in gatherings around the parish last week, the close-knit community saw little but trouble -- even though BP has promised to set aside $20 billion to compensate people along the coast like the oystermen.