The first time shrimp boat captain Louis Buteaux filed a claim with BP Plc to recoup oil spill losses, he was told he didn’t have enough paperwork to prove he actually was the skipper.

So he only got $2,500 for the month, rather than the $5,000 captains receive and nowhere near what he needs to pay his bills while the worst oil spill in U.S. history fouls his fishing grounds…

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