Oil checks precede start of shrimp season

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Oil checks precede start of shrimp season

Photos: Before shrimp season opened in Louisiana on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries biologists were testing the waters for oil.

Before the start of shrimping season on Monday, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologists Julia Lightner, (from left) Christine Seither and Chloe Dean drag a net along the floor of the Gulf of Mexico to check for oil near Grand Isle, La., on Friday.

Christine Seither uses a net along the floor of the Gulf of Mexico and Barataria Bay to check for oil on Friday. None was found.

Biologist Chloe Dean checks a shrimp in advance of Monday's start of the shrimping season in Louisiana. On Friday, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries took five shrimpers to spots of their choosing to check for oil.

P.J. Hahn, U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Paul Zukunft, inspects shrimp on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday. Plaquemines Parish government on Saturday received special permission from Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries to troll for shrimp and inspect the catch.

A fleet of decorated fishing boats make their way up Bayou Delarge in Theriot, La., during the pre-shrimp season tradition known as the "Blessing of the Boats, " on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. Louisiana fishermen can once again fish for shrimp as the season officially opens Monday, Aug. 16.

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Before the start of shrimping season on Monday, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologists Julia Lightner, (from left) Christine Seither and Chloe Dean drag a net along the floor of the Gulf of Mexico to check for oil near Grand Isle, La., on Friday.

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