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>> not only do they say bp denied most of their claim, the joint incident command actually featured the bone collector in a video promoting the vessel of opportunity program. we asked bp about it but they said as a policy, they dont comment on individual claims. >> we worked, we went out there and busted our tail for bp to clean this oil up that they put in the gulf. we didnt put it there. yeah, they paid us well while we worked. but hows that going to factor in over five, six, seven years if ou...

Barely see the white on this boat. nothing but oil. were slipping and sliding, wearing tie vehicle suits, it was crazy. >> reporter: months of cleaning up oil caused serious damage to the boat. and joshs father ted, a charter captain himself says, bp is not making good on their agreement to fix it. >> we were one of those boats with the attitude were going to attack this oil, were going to work on it, were going to help clean this stuff up. so we put the boat through the hoops, and we relied on ...

Were going to work on it. were go to help clean this stuff up. so we put the boat through the hoops, and you -- we relied on them to their word. we were told every day "well take care of it, well take care of it." until it comes time to pay, then they deny our claims. >> reporter: denied the whole thing. you had a $50,000 claim on damage to this boat. and they said, "well, were not" -- >> they agreed to $1,-200 of it. >> reporter: not only do they say bp denied most of their claim, the joint inc...

Oil has been been burned off, skimmed and otherwise recovered and another 25% had dissolved or evaporated. but a team looked at government calculations and concluded that as much as 79 percent of the oil and its toxic byproducts may still remain underneath the water. and a story on the website the daily beast takes things even further. clanling that fishermen hired by bp are still finding evidence of oil but are being instructed to hide that. good afternoon, and tell me what you found in your ...

Theyre just not wanting to have anything in writing or anyone showing them that oil is still out there. >> that boat captain you talked to was dropped from bps vessels of opportunity program last week. do you have any concern that this is sour grapes? >> its a possibility. i think -- you know, and that will be the standard response. we did get a response from obrien response management saying they talked to the supervise and he denied that it happened. but the witness was very credible. this was...

When this disaster happened. they missed shrimping all summer long and the fall shrimp season is supposed to begin in september but theyve accelerated it to begin tomorrow. some of the ships here behind me, may be trading some of their boom for fish nets. boats like these have been in a part of the vessels of opportunity program. theyve been skimming oil and searching for oil in the gulf of mexico. some of them may still be on guard tomorrow but a lot will be going out in the louisiana waters to...

Along with carol brown the energy advisor. its been a good week for bp, they have been able to plug the well both at the top of the well and now working on plugging the bottom of the well with the bottom kill operation thats now available this week. but going forward, they also have to talk about the cleanup efforts, how much more they have to clean up and how they will pay for it and how the proceedings will go forward with the filing and the filling of the claims in the gulf coast region. >> w...

Boom that was taken -- >> the same boom that the coast guard wrote a letter that were taken to safety for the tropical storm. now today, when we pull it over, the sheriff pulls it over, they say its default boom. >> reporter: boom that you were never told was going to be removed? >> no. >> reporter: which is part of the deal. >> sheriffs office had to pull them over. i dont know how many left before we caught 12 trucks. >> reporter: the fishermen, part of the vessels of opportunity program, if t...

It was corps yhoreographed well >> reporter: you all talked about you would be included on the decision making. >> absolutely. >> reporter: what happened? we know we have photos tonight that show otherwise. >> what happened? they lied. absolutely no assets would leave until we get together on tuesday. were meeting sunday to present a plan to them. >> reporter: this is boom, these photos were looking at, this is boom that was taken -- >> the same boom that the coast guard wrote a letter that were...

Photos were looking at, this is boom that was taken -- >> the same boom that the coast guard wrote a letter that were taken to safety for the tropical storm. now today, when we pull it over, the sheriff pulls it over, they say its default boom. >> reporter: boom that you were never told was going to be removed? >> no. >> reporter: which is part of the deal. >> sheriffs office had to pull them over. i dont know how many left before we caught 12 trucks. >> reporter: the fishermen, part of the vess...