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When we first visited in march of last year. >> i learned by schooling. >> jodi mesh showed us how decades of development redrew the swamp. >> this should be full of water right now? >> right. there should be water flowing across this whole swamp. >> instead, miles of dams created by pipelines. >> now we produce probably about maybe 20, 30% of what we used to produce. >> we returned this week to find the state and federal government issued new permits. >> this is the newest plan under construction. >> right. hopefully they're going to pull the dirt back into the trench and not going to leave i...

In crisis. nbc's vaughn hilliard visited the basin that once supported 3,000 fishing jobs now whittled down to 300. >> oh, there's my baby. >> ben lives off of louisiana waters. >> this is my front yard. >> reporter: forri ifishing ame most expansive swamp. when we visited in march of last year the swamp was suffering. >> crawfish have to have current to be able to move and survive. >> reporter: the result they say of oil and gas pipelines changing the waters. >> you can't sell a dead crawfish. >> i learned my schooling in this basin. >> reporter: jodi mesh showed us how decades of development...