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7 Jan 2011

Autor:
Andy Gallacher, BBC

New Orleans fish market struggles after Gulf spill [USA]

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A new report from a presidential commission criticises risky cost-cutting decisions by the companies involved in the oil drilling - BP, Halliburton and rig owner Transocean - and cites inadequate government oversight... But that means little to people like Ruth Graves...The Westwego seafood market once bustled with locals and tourists...Now the market is eerily quiet, and those who do come often ask how safe the catch is..."Basically, our fishing community is shut down right now," says Ms Palmasano...The few customers that come here are afraid, she says...Many say they still struggle to get compensation from BP, which has established a $20bn fund viewed by many as too slow to pay out and unfair...It is almost impossible to tally up how many businesses have closed down, how many homes have been repossessed and...how many people have...left the area...

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