With the safety of Gulf seafood at risk, we mounted our own response last week to the oil spill that is threatening the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama coastlines. It was
FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO–At the Waffle House restaurant across the street from the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino, locals at the breakfast counter were reacting to articles in
FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO — Make a mistake about Gulf Coast oyster facts–say by running a picture showing Crassostrea gigas or Pacific oysters instead of Crassostrea virginica or Eastern
A look at how petroleum impacts the seafood chain–and, what would happen to you if you ate an oil-tainted oyster?
“Crude oil has many, many chemicals in it. Most
When they talk among themselves they simply refer to Hurricane Katrina as “the storm.”
In the Mississippi town of D’Iberville, where seafood processing facilities fell under as much as
The Gulf of Mexico is a continent removed from Alaska’s Prince William Sound. One is a warm sea enclosed by tropical islands and sandy beaches, the other a frigid
NEW ORLEANS–As a massive, growing oil spill threatens to crush the Gulf seafood industry, Louisiana locals are snatching up fresh, locally-harvested shrimp in droves.
The Crescent City Farmer’s
FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO–The Golden Gulf Seafood Company in Biloxi and C.F. Gollott & Son Seafood located on the Back Bay in D’Iberville are two Mississippi
NEW ORLEANS–Federal officials plan to keep petroleum-tainted fish off of our plates by using two proven methods: advanced chemical testing and their sense of smell.
“The sensory tests tend
NEW ORLEANS–As 200,000 gallons of crude oil continue to flow unabated into the Gulf of Mexico, government officials, seafood industry groups, and food safety experts are working to
FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO–Chris Nelson is in charge of oyster procurement for his family’s 114-year old company, Bon Secour Fisheries Inc. With the BP oil spill offshore,
As Americans watch that massive oil slick slosh toward gulf beaches, many are reminded of the huge Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in 1989.
That spring, I spent months in Alaska