BP offers more post-spill aid to shrimpers, crabbers
by Associated Press Published: November 30,2011
Tags: crab, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, fishing, gas, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil and gas, shrimp, tourism, tourists, visitors
GULF OF MEXICO — Gulf of Mexico shrimpers and crabbers, who have reported diminished catches since the BP oil spill, are being offered a more generous settlement package due to lingering uncertainties over seafood. Yesterday, Kenneth Feinberg, who is overseeing payments from a $20-billion compensation fund for victims of the 2010 oil spill, said he [...] [...]
