Eating Gulf Coast Seafood

Doug Suttles says he would eat Gulf Coast seafood. I’m not sure that his appetite will be enough to restore the Gulf Coast fishing industry to its former self.

When asked by a reporter whether he’d eat the Gulf’s bounty, Suttles didn’t flinch.

“I absolutely would,” he told reporters after joining a flight over the Gulf to track the oil, which he insisted has dissipated dramatically.

“There’s been a tremendous amount of testing done by NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and the state agencies and the FDA and others. They’re not going to open these waters to either sport fishing or commercial fishing if it’s not safe to eat the fish,” he said.

“I have a lot of confidence in those agencies and I trust their recommendations and I would eat their food — the seafood out of the Gulf, and I would feed it to my family,” he said

Maybe he was asked the wrong question, Should he have been asked,” Would you serve Gulf coast Seafood to your pregnant wife or small children?”  While we haven’t seen much oil here in Texas, and I have no qualms about eating our delicious shrimp and other seafood, I will ask where the oysters are from before I devour platefuls of Half shelled oysters, or offer Redfish to my young nieces.

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2 Responses to Eating Gulf Coast Seafood

  1. Equality says:

    Hey, the shrimps were great last night, and huge! Don’t let the fear-mongers deprive you of our great Galveston seafood, peeps!

  2. Judy T says:

    I found this blog while searching for fish to eat while pregnant today. Interesting.

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