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Oil spill effects hitting home
Cost of shrimp rising for one local restaurant
Food Gulf Oil Spill R Heal
Jimmy Galle, founder of Gulfish LP, sorts through some Wild Louisiana Shrimp caught on the Gulf coast in San Francisco, Friday, June 4, 2010. - photo by Associated Press
Nearly sixty days after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, oil still continues to flow nearly a mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico. While economic effects from the spill are slamming Gulf Coast residents and areas the hardest, some other parts of the nation also are feeling the effects, even in Statesboro. R.J’s Seafood and Steaks owner Randy Nesmith said that the ongoing spill combined with losses from the economic downturn and rising beef prices has left the future of his business uncertain.
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