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The old beaches. it's an emotional impact. you see these beautiful, white sand beaches and they're just covered with oil. and you see an oil bird, and people go, oh, that poor pelican. that's the reaction i have when i see oil on the sea bed. >> she was scheduled to go down to the ocean floor this morning. we expect she'll be back up at 6:00 our time. >> did they give you an idea what they were expecting down there, john? >> reporter: she doesn't know, shep. she is hoping to see the same sort of recovery we have seen on she fur fast, fish and shell fish are back as or the tourists. but her wor...

Time, master chefs were not hesitant about using it at the great american seafood cookoff in new orleans. >> i don't know of anything that i wouldn't try to serve myself, my family, or my customers. of. >> what we're seeing is that the seafood that's on the mark has been really safe. that the bad image, the daily messaging from the media of the oil bird, who is covered in oil. that is not the image of the seafood. and that's not what is showing up in our testing. >> at the moment, regional, state and industry officials say the seafood from the gulf is the most tested in the world. so how ame...

>> thank you. >> is part of the problem you're worried about members of the public concerned. they see the birds but they're untrained rescuers. could they do more harm? >> absolutely. we would ask the public to just call in, call the oil bird hot line so we can get the experts out there. the birds, when they come ashore, are highly stressed and vulnerable and need quick care. >> gregg: the care is carefully cleaning them, removing the oil and then what? >> first they have to be stablized because their body is so warn out. we stabilize them first, get them healthy then clean the feathers. >> i...