Consumers are hesitant to eat Florida seafood one year after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS).
The Florida Legislature is seeking support for Florida seafood markets from Congress during the 2011 Legislative Session.
"Pacific is all I'm hearing," said Jeff Stilwell, owner of Barnacle Bill's, a local seafood restaurant in Tallahassee. "Pacific shrimp and Atlantic salmon is all people are saying. "No one is saying gulf grouper or fresh from Florida anymore."
Sen. Alan Hays, (D-Lake County), and Rep. Darryl Ervin Rouson, (D-St.Peterburg), are each sponsoring a memorial that urges Congress to support marketing of Florida seafood.
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