Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States, the first African American to hold the office,President Barack Obama stressed the point this week, saying: "So let me be clear: Seafood from the Gulf today is safe to eat, but we need to make sure that it stays that way.Americans typically eat about 4 pounds a year — and Louisiana is tops in U.S. shrimp production. Still, the shrimp market is global and only about 7 percent of shrimp consumed in the U.S. comes from the Gulf, according to the National Fisheries Institute, a trade group.
Wild shrimp from the Gulf typically compete with farmed shrimp from Asia and South America, and seafood dealers say have been able to turn to these other sources, at least for now.
“We’re always used to substitutions, we deal a lot with Mother Nature,” said Frank Monte of Lockwood & Winant at New York City’s Fulton Fish Market.
Seafood dealers say they are not seeing oil-contaminated product — a sensitive point among Gulf seafood producers who worry that customers will avoid eating their catch. President Barack Obama stressed the point this week, saying: “So let me be clear: Seafood from the Gulf today is safe to eat, but we need to make sure that it stays that way.”
Wild shrimp from the Gulf typically compete with farmed shrimp from Asia and South America, and seafood dealers say have been able to turn to these other sources, at least for now.
“We’re always used to substitutions, we deal a lot with Mother Nature,” said Frank Monte of Lockwood & Winant at New York City’s Fulton Fish Market.
Seafood dealers say they are not seeing oil-contaminated product — a sensitive point among Gulf seafood producers who worry that customers will avoid eating their catch. President Barack Obama stressed the point this week, saying: “So let me be clear: Seafood from the Gulf today is safe to eat, but we need to make sure that it stays that way.”
