As the monumental subsea engineering challenges of the BP oil spill finally subside, the challenges for the Gulf of Mexico seafood industry are only just beginning.
With portions of Louisiana waters already reopened to commercial fishing, marketing experts and seafood safety scientists from across the country on Sunday discussed the road ahead for re-establishing consumer confidence in Gulf seafood after a three-month barrage of images from the disaster.
"Seafood has never gotten this kind of attention anywhere in history," said Walt Dickhoff, who oversees chemical testing for NOAA at the agency's Seattle seafood testing lab. "So I'm quite confident it's safe."
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