After the spill, said owner Jay Kimball, “the questions have increased tenfold. People are asking every single day they see this on the news, and they don’t know how it affects us. Will it come up the coast, they ask, will it affect prices?”

A survey of seafood markets on the South Shore, as well as information from the government agencies that inspect fish supplies, indicate that seafood bought in stores here is as safe as it has ever been, and will continue to be. It also reveals that most of the seafood eaten in this area comes from this area.

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