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Oysters since the spill began. not a drop. not a cent, nothing. what caused it is because of the effects of the spill, because of the multiple harvest area closures and because so many boats have now been retained by bp to help fight the spill, which we understand, our ability to procure oysters and satisfy our business footprint was taken away from us. >> reporter: many of the workers laid off filed claims with bp and quickly got compensation checks. a skeleton crew will continue to clean the plant and maintain the pasturization tank a process patented here but now the 7500-gallon tanks are b...

Oysters since the spill began, not a drop, not a cent, nothing. what caused it is because of the effects of the spill, because of the multiple harvest area closures and because so many boats have now been retained by bp to help fight the spill, which we understand, our ability to procure oysters and satisfy our business footprint was taken away from us. >> reporter: many of the workers laid off filed claims with bp and quickly got compensation checks. a skeleton crew will continue to clean the plant and maintain the pasturization tank, a process patented here, but now the 7,500-gallon tanks ar...

Many boats have been retained by bp to help fight the spill which we understand our ability to procure oysters and satisfy our business footprint was taken away from us. >> reporter: many of the workers filed claims with bp and quickly got compensation checks. a skeleton crew will continue to clean the plant and maintain the pasturization tanks, a process patented here. now the 75-gallon tanks are bone dry. fahey hopes one day soon he'll be able to get the family of workers together again and back to work. fredricka, we are hearing so many stories like that. literally, people having to go out ...

Not a drop. not a cent. nothing. what caused it is because of the effects of the spill, because of the multiple harvest area closures, and because so many boats have now been retained by bp to help fight the spill, which we understand, our ability to procure oysters and satisfy our business footprint is taken away from us. >> reporter: many of the workers laid off filed claims with bp and quickly got compensation checks. a skeleton crew will continue to clean the plant and maintain the pasteurization plants, a process patented here. but now the 7500 gallon tanks are bone dry. faey hopes one da...

Government to bp, what you are doing to fix the disaster is not good enough. it has been over 50 days since the oil explosion created a massive and catastrophic oil spill in the gulf. each day the oil chokes off commercial commerce all over the gulf, and even compensation checks from bp, families who depend on the gulf for lively hood are hurting right now. it may be months before the oil stops. twice is coming out as previously once thought. and so the government has given bp until tomorrow to come up with a better plan. cnn's chris lawrence joins us live from grand isle. nobody seems satisfi...