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In recent years shrimpers on the Louisiana coast have faced a historically dire shrimp season with the price of shrimp barely high enough to justify trawling Yet many of them wouldnt consider leaving shrimping behind despite having transferrable skills that could land them jobs in the oil and gas industry Since 2001 shrimpers have faced increasing challenges to their trade an influx of shrimp from southeast Asia several traumatic hurricane seasons and the largest oil spill at sea in American history