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Others which was to keep that oil out of the shallows, the nurseries for the seafood along the gulf. >> and is the seafood safe? >> yes, the seafood is safe. noaa and fda have been testing. gulf seafood seems to now be tested than most seafood americans consume. but they realize consumer confidence is a big part of the puzzle. the federal waters are open except for areas right around the wellhead and i think state waters, 96% of them are open. >> what's the most vulnerable when you look at landscape and sea scape? is it the turtles? the birds? is it danger, threat, to human beings? >> no. i th...

Perception problem. just up the road in new orleans, the great american seafood cook-off is going on today with chefs from around the country fixing up their recipes for seafood that is caught here in the gulf of mexico. as you mentioned, more state waters have been opened. the federal waters remain closed. the federal government has been testing fish, seafood from the closed area. and they found no traces of oil in any of the species they found so far. so that's very good news. they hope to perhaps open the closed areas in the federal waters beginning in september and the seafood industry can...

Commercial fishing in state waters in alabama and mississippi and part of florida. cnn followed one fisherman who is still very concerned. >> i have been fishing these waters since about 1958. i think that i have caught more fish on a rod and reel, especially with the trout with artificial bait than any man who has walked the earth. that boom is preventing the oil from getting into theest wa eee wa wares. those guys crossed it, and that is gateway to the eastern marshes and you have seen the abuse right there firsthand view. we are in the charter business and we do it professionally for money,...

These areas are not all that polluted or not polluted at all, they are saying, so they may soon be reopened. the vice president said that he wants fishermen back on the water as soon as possible. >> noaa and the food and drug administration are announcing that with the federal government and gulf states to set safety limits for seafood coming out of the gulf, so we don't run into where the government pointed out they felt it was clear to go back and fish and the fda said it doesn't meet the standard. and you can do it but we're going to declare it's not edible. we want one single standard so y...

Mississippi sound in state waters. we got out there, sure enough about a 10 to 15-foot wide of orange oil. we followed it for five miles long as far as the eye could see. in the passes between horn island and deer island and that is what we found so outrageous is that we were promised by the unified command that a situated mobile would have skimmers and vessels to meet this at the pass. first they would fight it in the gulf and then they would meet it at the pass to prevent it from coming into the sound and there was no boat there. >> you have been raising a lot of cane about that. have you se...