BP Oil Spill May 18 | Photo 02

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PORT SULFUR, LA - MAY 18: Fishermen watch as shrimp, fresh from the Gulf of Mexico, come up a conveyor to be weighed, iced and shipped from Chris' Marina on May 18, 2010 in Port Sulfur, Louisiana. Due to the BP oil spill, authorities started shrimping season two weeks early in the area, fearing that more prime fishing areas would be closed due to oil contamination. Eric Hansen, who buys shrimp from local fishermen, said the result of the early harvest has been smaller than normal shrimp, which sell for less.