Gulf oyster harvest one of lowest on record
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS April 22, 2014 -
From Texas to Florida, the number of oysters harvested in the Gulf is at one of the lowest on record. Three years after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, oyster industry experts have no answers on the cause of the steep decline; especially on public grounds relied upon by commercial fishermen.
Scientists are studying the spill’s impact on Gulf oysters. Information is being compiled as part of a restoration plan aimed at bringing the Gulf back to pre-spill conditions; the Natural Resources Damage Assessment Act better know as the Restore Act.
Chris Nelson, a GOIC and GSI board member, said “the lack in supply has pushed prices as high as I have ever seen."
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