Shrimp boats Gulf Rambler and Mark and Jace pull a hydro oil boom during a controlled fire.
Shrimp boats Gulf Rambler (left) and Mark and Jace pull a hydro oil boom during a controlled fire in the Gulf of Mexico on May 7, 2010. The U.S. Coast Guard is working with BP, Gulf residents and other federal agencies to slow the spread of oil following the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20, 2010.