James Blanchard moved to Houma, Louisiana, in 1993 to be a little farther north of the floods and hurricanes that seem an inevitable part of living on the coast. Still, like his father, his uncle, and two of his brothers, James Blanchard trawls for shrimp “down the bayou,” out of Chauvin, Louisiana. He took his shrimp boat out of the water for its annual maintenance in March, and has not caught a shrimp since. Instead, he’s been catching oil, working for BP as part of the “Vessels of Opportunity” program that employs local fishermen in the clean up effort.
In this clip, James describes the spirit among the clean-up crew.
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