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Gulf seafood industry fights oil spill stigma
Gulf fishing and processing workers face a consumer trust crisis as BP reports progress sealing the Deepwater Horizon spill. Despite safety tests showing many Gulf seafood samples safe, shoppers and buyers worry taint from oil. Industry leaders urge confidence while some buyers switch to imports and fishermen delay or scale back trips. Officials note most seafood tests pass and regulators say dispersants pose no health risk.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
BP PLC
Gulf Coast
Ewell Smith
Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board
Gulf
U.S
Henry Poynot
Tammy McNaught
San Francisco
Food and Drug Administration