A poor appetite for gulf seafood

Friday, August 27, 2010 - 00:28 in Earth & Climate

In Louisiana, where the fishing industry is as much a part of the state as Mardi Gras, even locals won't eat the catch.President Obama served plates of barbecued gulf shrimp to guests at his 49th birthday party Aug. 9. But Kindra Arnesen, who runs a shrimp boat with her husband here in southern Louisiana, isn't nearly ready to eat what comes out of the tepid gray waters.

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