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To Regain Consumer Confidence, Ongoing Gulf Seafood Testing

To Regain Consumer Confidence, Ongoing Gulf Seafood Testing

| March 16, 2011 | 1 Comment

The Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board wants the support of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force in developing a Gulf Coast–wide testing protocol for seafood.

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“Out of adversity always comes opportunity," says seafood board chairman Harlon Pearce. "Opportunity has presented itself in the form of this bill.”

Task Force Gives Gulf Coast the Rehab It Deserves

| March 15, 2011 | 0 Comments

“This little spit of land has got to stop disappearing and start growing,” said Harlon Pearce, chairman of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board. He addressed the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, created by President Obama.

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Lisa Jackson, EPA administrator and chair of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force chair, speaks at a task force meeting in New Orleans.

‘Our Entire Motivation is Public Health,’ Says FDA Scientist

| March 2, 2011 | 0 Comments

Despite a battalion of voices from the scientific and culinary world confirming the current safety of Gulf of Mexico seafood, skeptics persist. That’s led EPA administrator Lisa Jackson to ask scientists whether they’ve witnessed this level of rigor in seafood testing ever before.

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James Carville Takes Issue with Gulf Seafood Critics

James Carville Takes Issue with Gulf Seafood Critics

| January 17, 2011 | 0 Comments

“It’s easy to manufacture fear,” says accomplished political consultant, attorney and educator James Carville. But, “It’s hard to manufacture test results.”

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A Step-By-Step Journey: How Gulf Seafood is Deemed “Safe”

A Step-By-Step Journey: How Gulf Seafood is Deemed “Safe”

| January 2, 2011 | 0 Comments

“Priority number one, from day one, has been the safety of the consumer,” says Ewell Smith, executive director of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board (LSPMB).

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson answers questions from gulf state seafood interests in a joint meeting held with NOAA in New Orleans.

EPA Justifies Use of Oil Dispersant

| June 2, 2010 | 1 Comment

Representatives from federal government and private sector met in a Q & A style meeting hosted by the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board that lasted more than two hours and resulted in one leaving the room, unable to control his emotional outbursts.

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