Report: BP spill has silver lining for seafood

The Deepwater Horizon catastrophe of 2010 dealt a major blow to the Gulf of Mexico fishery, but IBIS World’s June 2012 report, “Fish and Seafood Aquaculture in the US,” reveals a silver lining.

“The BP oil spill in the Gulf actually could have some positive implications in the industry…” Josh McBee, the author of the report, told IntraFish. “A disaster that is man made and natural for one industry can actually be a boon to another industry…”

With the decreased supply of wild seafood from the Gulf came a call for ways to supplement that supply.

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