17 July 2010, 8:17 pm
By Leigh Coleman Leigh Coleman – Sat Jul 17, 12:46 am ET BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) – Fishermen in Mississippi say they are angry that under the terms of BP's $20 billion oil spill fund, money they earn doing clean-up will be subtracted from their claim against the company. The fishermen reacted after Kenneth Feinberg, the federal official in charge of administering the compensation fund, announced the decision at a town hall meeting in Biloxi on Friday. Some walked out of the meeting in protest, arguing it was pointless to work under the Vessels of Opportunity program, set up by BP to help clean up the damage from the deepwater leak that started in April. Oil stopped flowing from the leak on Thursday. "I am furious about this," said Tuget Nguyen, who works with family members as a fisherman in Pass Christian, Mississippi. "If he takes away the money we are making from BP when we get our claims, then nobody is going to work for BP to clean up this oil and we will not rent our boats to BP either. It is not fair," Nguyen said. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_oil_spill_feinberg Edit: I could be wrong, but it all sounds like politics to me. ( o _ 0 )... Read More »
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