Oil Spill Forces Shutdown of 134-Year-Old Oyster Supplier

[The Straight Story]

Oil Spill Forces Shutdown of 134-Year-Old Oyster Supplier


It survived Hurricane Camille in 1969. It survived Hurricane Katrina in 2005. It survived more than a century’s worth of economic recessions and depressions. But P&J Oyster Company couldn’t withstand the oil spill of 2010.

First opened for business in 1876, P&J has supplied fresh oysters to New Orleans’ restaurants for 134 years. But with the oil spill causing the closure of oyster beds along the gulf coast, the landmark supplier is ceasing operations, possibly for good.

Sal Sunseri, co-owner and vice president of P&J Oyster, told The New York Times: “I’m optimistic. I believe in God and in miracles.”

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[Mimosa]

1. P&J's were the best

Anybody who's lived in South Louisiana knows P&J Oysters. The best restaurants served them and their brand of oysters (along with a couple of other local brands) were sold by the pint and even quart in locally owned grocery stores like Langensteins.

One thing which I'd always noticed when living in Louisiana was that the quality of life for the rich, the middle class and the poor (I was between the two latter groups LOL) was not different as it is for inland folks. We could go to the same free or almost free festivals, enjoy Carnival and we enjoyed the same foods (many of which are luxury foodstuffs inland). Louisiana is (and I hope remains) blessed with the most wonderful varieties of seafood and produce.

[Poboy]

2. k&r

[Gregin Orlando]

3. BP must be held accountable for this!

There may be more of a threat from the air than the water in the Gulf. The far-reaching implications of this disaster have barely been touched upon by the corporate media. While the threat to wildlife and the economy have been mentioned, few outlets have mentioned the health risks to Gulf coast residents from breathing in toxic fumes when the oil hits shore. There are unconfirmed rumors that FEMA has been quietly discussing evacuation plans to clear the shores as far as 200 miles inland if the air becomes unfit to breathe. For more information, check out this article and others by this author: http://www.examiner.com/x-38220-Orlando-Independent-Examiner~y2010m6d15-Toxins-in-air-from-evaporating-oil-may-pose-greater-threat-to-Gulf-residents-than-oily-water

[Ragrum]

4. Obama made a mistake when he said Gulf Seafood was Safe

After the huricane season, I doubt any gulf seafood will be alive. might as well shoot microbes at the well head, let them eat the oil, depleting the oxygen, killing everything but cleaning the gulf quicker.