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Orleans oyster distributor for 134 years. >> can you get oysters now here? >> we are still able to get a few oysters but it's dwindling. and the louisiana production is short because there's a combination of reasons. different variables. one being that there's too much fresh water coming in from the two freshwater diversions on the east and west side of the river. so, that causes more -- >> that kills off the oysters? >> kills off the oyster. and the other reason is we have precautionary closures throughout the state. our farmers are not producing. >> so far, they've laid off 11 of their 23 em...

One being that there's too much fresh water coming in from the two freshwater diversions on the east and west side of the river. so, that causes more -- >> that kills off the oysters? >> kills off the oyster. and the other reason is we have precautionary closures throughout the state. our farmers are not producing. >> so far, they've laid off 11 of their 23 employees. wayne gordon still has a job, but after 24 years here, he's not sure how much longer his job will last. >> we're close knit. we're like family here. just to see everyone part their separate ways and saying this is it for us. we m...

waters that once made him a living and in so many ways gave him a life. his friends say the oil spill and all that's happened since weighed heavily on. we don't know what happened that made him end his life. the concern now is that he will not be the last. the strain is growing. church groups are bringing in extra clergy along the coast. 1500 people have received counseling, according to catholic charities. experts are seeing more drinking, more domestic violence, more despair. here is david mattingly. >> reporter: people who knew him say allen kruse lived to fish. those closest to h...

fishing boat captain was working for bp on clean-up duty in the waters that once made him a living and in so many ways gave him a life. his friends say the oil spill and all that's happened since weighed heavily on. we don't know what happened that made him end his life. the concern now is that he will not be the last. the strain is growing. church groups are bringing in extra clergy along the coast. 1500 people have received counseling, according to catholic charities. experts are seeing more drinking, more domestic violence, more despair. here is david mattingly. >> reporter: peopl...