(Sept. 21) — The blank spot where oysters used to be on a few menus at New Orleans restaurants serves as a stark reminder of the long recovery process the gulf seafood industry faces, even after BP permanently capped the leaking well that so seriously damaged the business.
For oysters, in particular, returning to normal may take two years or more.
Alfred P. Sunseri runs P&J Oyster Co., which at 134 years old is the oldest oyster business in the United States. The company shucked its last batch of oysters on June 10. Since then it has been trying to scrape by with what fishermen have been bringing in. But when AOL News reached Sunseri, his shelves had been empty for days.
"It's just wearing as a businessman, because this is all I know," he said. "And I see everything just going away right in front of my eyes, and it's no fault of my own."
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