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Oil spill in Gulf may spur rise in seafood prices
LAS CRUCES – For now, the biggest oil spill in more than 20 years won’t be jacking up the price of your shrimp cocktail. But by the end of the summer, the prices of seafood from the Gulf of Mexico – and other regions – could be on the rise.

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Seafood restaurant owners concerned spill could hurt supply
METAIRIE, La. – Restaurant owners and seafood retailers face an uncertain summer. The massive BP oil spill is generating questions about availability and cost. For now, supply is not a problem. “Today, we are still good,” Tommy Cvitanovich of Drago’s Restaurant in Metairie said Friday. “We have not had a supply issue. We have not had a price increase. Am I worried about it? You betcha …

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As Oil Looms Nearby, Locals Stock Up On Seafood
With oil from a gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico looming offshore, people here are buying and eating as much seafood as they can as fast as they can. At last Saturday’s farmers’ market, an entire load of 350 pounds of fresh shrimp, at $5 a pound, sold out in an hour.

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Oil spill effect: Collier seafood outlets worry imported fish may replace fresh catch
At Captain Kirk’s Stone Crabs in Naples, questions flow like the oil that’s spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. Should I buy fish to freeze? Will seafood be in short supply? Will prices go up?

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Seafood price spike likely after Gulf oil spill The Patriot Ledger The Gulf oil spill could leave its mark on restaurant menus this summer as rising demand for shrimp, crab and oysters drives up prices. … and more »

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New Orleans without seafood gumbo? Oil spill’s unsavory toll.
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has already led to a 10-day shutdown of fishing off parts of the Louisiana coast. New Orleans restaurants are coping, but they’re also planning for worse to come.

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Gulf Coast seafood industry bracing for the worst in oil spill
MOBILE, Ala. — Bayou La Batre seafood processor Walton Kraver, who filed a lawsuit against BP, is unsure how the oil spill in the Gulf might ultimately affect his business.

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Gulf oil spill affects seafood markets
The effects of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill could reach as far as your dinner table. Shannon Lee Zirkle — The Capital Stephen Rieger of Crofton bags up crabs fresh out of the steamer for a customer at Shoreline Seafood in Gambrills.

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