Florida Seafood Retailer Turns To Marine Research Group

BRADENTON, FL — The oil spill lurks like a big, greasy question mark in Gulf waters for the local fishing industry, but one local seafood wholesaler isn’t taking any chances when it comes to their supply.

Ocean Harvest Market, which opened in Bradenton days before the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, has struck up a relationship with Mote Marine of Sarasota, a marine research organization that includes a sturgeon farming operation among other activities.

“(We are) regrouping and preparing for the possibility of the BP oil spill reaching our coastline and polluting our waters and sea life,” Ocean Harvest stated Tuesday in a press release.

Toward this end, the business is exploring several avenues of providing retail and wholesale seafood from fish farms and areas unlikely to be affected by the spill, such as Alaskan halibut and wild-caught Hawaiian fish.

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