Gulf’s Governors Asked to Support Access to Locally Sourced Seafood
The National Restaurant Association has asked the governors in five Gulf States to support local restaurants in maintaining year-round access to seafood fished in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. In a letter sent June 24 to governors Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Rick Scott of Florida, Robert Bentley of Alabama, Mississippi’s Phil Bryant and Rick Perry of Texas, the NRA asked the leaders to “stand with us and support the commercial fishing sector that supplies restaurants in your state[s] and throughout the country