New Orleans-Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board (LSPMB) representatives and Gulf Oyster Industry Council (GOIC) representatives are in Washington, D.C. today to meet with Gulf Coast delegates and officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on the current state of the Louisiana seafood industry.
Harlon Pearce, chairman of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board hopes that our congressional leaders will be able to assist Louisiana seafood fishermen by educating national seafood suppliers, restaurants and their constituents that Louisiana seafood is available and is safe. “The Department of Health and Hospitals, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and other state agencies have closed areas that might be impacted by this spill as a precaution,” said Pearce, “So consumers can be confident that the Louisiana seafood on the market is coming from the state waters that have not been affected by the spill and is fresh, quality Louisiana seafood.”
Louisiana seafood is a $2.4 billion industry and more than 30 % of the seafood production in the continental U.S. is harvested in Louisiana.
Source: Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board