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News for them. the waters there -- both recreational and commercial fishing areas -- have been opened up which is wonderful. it only includes some fish. shrimp, also some of the finish fi -- fin fish so to speak. but they will have sample tests and hopefully the areas will be opened in the coming weeks. >> thank you, reynolds. hey, this is a celebrity story unlike the others you have been hearing lately. no angry audio tapes, jail terms, just goodwill. >> it's amazing. you have to have a mentor, someone to look up to so you can better yourself. i'm glad to be here and support my mentor. >> t...

We don't want anything to happen to anybody. if it happens we may never sell our seafood again. >> reporter: so bad news and good news. right where mr. cooper was, where we interviewed him yesterday, they still had plenty of oil. pristine wetlands and parts of southern louisiana. that's the bad news. good news is that for the rest of the gulf coast conditions appear pretty good. in mississippi they have now opened up fishing for both commercial and recreation. that includes not only bringing in shrimp and also some of the fin fish, if you will, but there is still a little bit of a wait right n...

Seafood? >> restaurants all over south louisiana. so we have to get the commercial fishermen back in the waters catching the crabs and the fin fish to put them back on the menus. >> reporter: that's no easy task. not lonely the skeptical public has to be convinced the seafood is safe, louisiana fibber man have to be convinced. what if bp were to pay you to go back to fish? >> we'll go back to fish but what do we do with it? >> reporter: louisiana and fda officials say so far none of the seafood they testified tested positive for oil or contaminants, and that could lead to the gulf of mexico be...

Vacation here. the seafood is terrific. it's safe to eat. you just saw me wolf down on oyster fresh from the sea. there's a huge amount of restaurants open. the restaurants here are better than anywhere else in the country. several owners are suing bp. susan spicer is among them. she's a famous chef here. you might have seen here as a judge on "top chef." susan joins us from her new restaurant in the new orleans area. susan, how are your restaurants being affected by this? are prices going up? what's happening? >> oh, yes. the supply is definitely diminishing. you know, the variety of what we ...

Being affected by this? are prices going up? what's happening? >> oh, yes. the supply is definitely diminishing. you know, the variety of what we can get is definitely diminished and the price is going up. we're still seeing great things like crawfish and beautiful, you know, jumbo lump crab meat, but as you know, oysters are -- are pretty much not happening at all right now. and the -- the supply of fin fish is -- the variety is getting much less. and, you know, i think we're worried more about the future. you know, right now things -- where everybody is kind of managing, but it's the uncerta...