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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...

Helicopter, from planes, boats. and the penalty for fishing in closed waters is you lose your license to fish in federal waters. federal waters start three miles from the beach so they'll lose their livelihood if they get caught fishing in closed areas. >> so they're testing fish. i know noaa is doing it, and they're looking for any, i don't know what the science of it is. >> they're looking for hydro carbons in the fish, actually the presence of oil in the fish. >> and they haven't found any. >> absolutely none. and the reports that i've seen from the louisiana fish and game, the samples are ...