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Tagged: shrimpers

Science & Health
3:44 pm
Thu March 7, 2013

Shrimp Trawling Comes With Big Risks

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Credit Eric Gay / AP
John Berthelot, top, and Hosea Wilson, bottom right, release the nets from their shrimp boat, Monday, May 3, 2010, at the Venice Marina in Venice, La.
Credit Dave Martin / AP
The shrimp boat Endless Grind trawls for shrimp off Dauphin Island, Ala., in May 2012.
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By Scott Hensley

Originally published on Thu March 7, 2013 5:03 pm

Think your job is bad? Quit whining, unless you're a shrimper in the Gulf of Mexico.

Commercial fishermen have the highest rate of on-the-job fatalities of any occupation in the country — 116 deaths per 100,000 workers in 2010. A majority of the deaths happen when a fishing vessel sinks. About a third occur when someone goes overboard.

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6:00 am
Wed April 25, 2012

BP Settlement Hearing Set in Federal Court

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BP is heading back to federal court in New Orleans on a proposed settlement over its oil spill two years ago. Shrimp processors are objecting to some terms.

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