Gulf fisheries try to clean up oil-stained image

By doris | Published: August 9, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com

NEW ORLEANS — Those who rely on the Gulf of Mexico’s rich fishing grounds say there’s a new crisis brewing — convincing skeptical consumers that the seafood they harvest and sell is safe to eat.

The Gulf’s fisheries are beginning to reopen more than three months after the oil began gushing from the sea floor, but those in the seafood industry say that doesn’t mean everything has returned to normal.

“We have a huge perception problem,” said Ewell Smith, director of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board. “We have lost markets across the country, and some of them may be lost for good.”

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