Or, at least that's what they're sayin' ... (Oil spill ...):
Ships have been stranded, seafood sources threatened and the nation's oil reserve tapped as the result of 47,000 barrels of oil spilling into a southwestern Louisiana shipping channel, forcing its closing.
Here is the effect on the seafood industry:
Marshall Spicer, owner of a marina, motel and seafood business, said he was shut down for several days. His marina and motel have reopened in time for the Independence Day weekend, but seafood businesses were suffering because some prime fishing and crabbing areas were inaccessible. And customers fear that what is brought in may be contaminated.
"We did have one shrimper come in today with 100 pounds of shrimp - big shrimp, eating shrimp, not the small ones," Spicer said. "He can't give 'em away."
George Parsons, Ash Morgan, Tim and myself found that there is not much you can tell seafood consumers, when they think there is a problem they won't eat any seafood. So ... don't eat the shrimp this summer. And, as its price falls, my quantity demanded will increase.
