South Louisiana is known for amazing food, and people even travel to New Orleans from all over just for the food.

One of their favorites is shrimp. An estimated 70 percent of the shrimp that supplies the New Orleans market comes from Lafitte, but shrimpers say they are finding it harder than ever to continue their trade.

Fourth-generation shrimper Larry Alexie recently beat Hodgkin's lymphoma, and is now fighting to remain in the business he's been in his entire life. Alexie, whose boat is named the Billie Jo after the daughter he lost to a car accident in 1999, is determined to overcome this most recent adversity as well.

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