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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - For fishermen, ice is a necessity. Without it onboard, any fish caught would spoil. Ice was hard to come by in the year since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita wrecked nearly every icehouse, dock and marina close to the Gulf of Mexico in southeast and southwest Louisiana.
Fishermen have had to drive hundreds of miles to load up on ice and other supplies they need to do their jobs. But they are getting a helping hand from the Shell Oil Co. and state agencies.
Officials on Wednesday dedicated an industrial ice-making machine in Chalmette, about nine miles south of New Orleans. The ice maker is one of three machines being put on line for fishermen with the help of a $500,000 donation from the oil company.
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