By Greg Hazley
Devaney Communications of Baltimore and New Orleans is supporting PR efforts for the Louisiana Office of Tourism as it works with a consortium to organize “America’s Night out for Gulf Seafood,” an effort touting the safety of local fish in the wake of the BP oil spill.
Tonight (Dec. 1.), restaurants nationally be serving special dishes with Gulf seafood like shrimp or crabs as part of an event dubbed “Dine America 2010.”
Lauren Overby, who heads accounts for Devaney’s New Orleans office, said nearly 300 eateries are taking part across the country to show that Gulf seafood “is safe to eat and is the most scrutinized and tested seafood in the entire world.”
Sales of the region’s seafood have been hurt by the spill, as well as the economic downturn and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
As Cliff Hall of New Orleans Fish House said at a press conference announcing the event last month: "Our seafood was never tainted. Only our image was tainted."
A list of participating restaurants is here. |