Photo of the Day: Slow Days at the Fish Market
At the shrimp lot fish market in Westwego, La., fish seller Ruth Graves told a Getty photographer that she has had her slowest month in 30 years and has had to sell her car and put her house on the market to compensate for the drop in the sales. In a meeting with President Obama on Wednesday, BP agreed to set aside $20 billion to compensate victims of the oil spill, like Ruth Graves.
Check out our slideshow of photos from the Gulf oil spill, which we update daily.
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The BP oil disaster in the Gulf has had untold health, economic and environmental effects.
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