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For a key part of the project. however, that's not all good news for the fishing industry there which has been led predominantly by the black community. joining me now, msnbc correspondent, trymaine lee, who's been covering this story. trymaine, tell us about what you've seen on the ground? >> zerlina, if there ever were and rock in a hard place, this community has found themselves matched up in the middle of that. while louisiana it loses about a football field of its coastline every 100 minutes, the small black communities are really bearing the brunt of this impact of climate change and coa...

According to state estimates, louisiana lost more than 2000 square miles of coastline between 1932 and 19 two and 2016. in part, because of climate change. in order to reverse the flow, state authorities want to divert fresh river water into areas like point lash. hoping the sediment filled water will deposit nutrients along the coast. rebuilding what was lost. but the problem for oyster men like byron, is the freshwater needed to build back that led, can also kill the already depleted waster population. a population that depends on soul water to survive. and could drive other species like shr...

Grandfather taught him how to fish. we're generations of black fishermen have made a life. and depended on the bayous and the waterways that surround this place for food on their tables and paychecks in their pockets. >> this was a, man. this was my life. >> this was the lifeblood of the black fishing community? >> oh, yeah, absolutely. this is the largest black community here. >> like byron, the people in this community have always stood strong. but over the decades, man-made catastrophes and natural disasters have slowly chipped away at their way of life. and their lucrative businesses. toda...