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CNN -- With oil from a ruptured underwater well dissipating faster than expected and the well capped, Louisiana seafood officials want BP to lure the state's fishermen back to the water.

Many of Louisiana's 12,000 fishermen have grown accustomed to serving as clean-up workers since the oil disaster began, drawing paychecks from BP instead of fishing in the Gulf of Mexico.

Under Louisiana's proposed "Back to the Docks" program, BP would pay fishermen an additional 30 cents for every dollar in seafood they catch.

Now that BP is closing in on permanently killing the well, company spokesman Larry Thomas said the oil giant is considering Smith's proposal, although no final decision has been made.

"We are very supportive of programs of guys going back to fishing," Thomas said.


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Submitted Jul 29, 2010 By: Sneakers55

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