Shortages have Gulf oyster suppliers heading to the East Coast to fill inventories
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Houma Today] by Kameryn Rome - July 31, 2014
Oysters in some local restaurants may not be from Louisiana because of historically low production this year.
Some oyster suppliers have even been buying oysters from other Gulf and East Coast states to keep up with demand.
For the first time in the 43 years, Motivatit Seafoods, the leading oyster harvesting and production company in Houma, is bringing in some of its oysters from Chesapeake Bay, said Greg Voisin, Motivatit’s marketing and sales vice president...
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