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Shrimpers react to oil spill

Tom Hackett, captain of Miss Janon, a shrimp boat, pulls up three bags of shrimp as he unloads more than 7,000 pounds of them at Trico Shrimp Company in Fort Myers Beach on May 5, 2010. Hackett, 53, a shrimper since he was 17 years old, said while business is still good now, he worries he won't be able to shrimp in the western Gulf in June and July because of the recent oil spill. Greg Kahn/Staff

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Tom Hackett, captain of Miss Janon, a shrimp boat, pulls up three bags of shrimp as he unloads more than 7,000 pounds of them at Trico Shrimp Company in Fort Myers Beach on May 5, 2010. Hackett, 53, a shrimper since he was 17 years old, said while business is still good now, he worries he won't be able to shrimp in the western Gulf in June and July because of the recent oil spill. Greg Kahn/Staff

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  • Tom Hackett, captain of Miss Janon, a shrimp boat, pulls up three bags of shrimp as he unloads more than 7,000 pounds of them at Trico Shrimp Company in Fort Myers Beach on May 5, 2010. Hackett, 53, a shrimper since he was 17 years old, said while business is still good now, he worries he won't be able to shrimp in the western Gulf in June and July because of the recent oil spill. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Workers at Trico Shrimp Company unload more than 7,000 pounds of shrimp from a boat at their facility in Fort Myers Beach on May 5, 2010. Shrimpers aren't as worried about the recent oil spill now, because they are still shrimping in local waters. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Shrimp boats docked in Fort Myers Beach on May 5, 2010. Shrimpers said while business is still good, they worry they won't be able to shrimp in the western Gulf in June and July because of the recent oil spill. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Tom Hackett, captain of Miss Janon, a shrimp boat, pulls up three bags of shrimp as he unloads more than 7,000 pounds of them at Trico Shrimp Company in Fort Myers Beach on May 5, 2010. Hackett, 53, a shrimper since he was 17 years old, said while business is still good now, he worries he won't be able to shrimp in the western Gulf in June and July because of the recent oil spill. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • A bag filled with about 1,000 shrimp caught around Charlotte Harbor is piled at Trico Shrimp Company in Fort Myers Beach on May 5, 2010. Shrimpers aren't as worried about the recent oil spill now, because they are still shrimping in local waters. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • A worker at Trico Shrimp Company wheels a forklift with some of more than 7,000 pounds of shrimp from a boat at their facility in Fort Myers Beach on May 5, 2010. Each bag carried about 1,000 shrimp, caught around Charlotte Harbor. Shrimpers aren't as worried about the recent oil spill now, because they are still shrimping in local waters. Greg Kahn/Staff

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