Iowa retailers fear shortage of seafood

(AP) - The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico may soon cause anxiety not only among the fishermen in that area, but also some of their customers.

Iowa grocery stores and restaurants that serve seafood from the gulf said they were not yet worried. But that could change in short order.

Cedar Falls Ferrari's Ristorante's executive chef Andrew Ungs says it's discouraging to see fishermen switch efforts to clean up oil instead of fishing. Authorities say more than 200,000 gallons of oil a day is pouring from the well.

Ungs contends the longer the leak persists, the higher the chance of running into a shortage of shrimp, oysters, grouper, snapper and other seafood.

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke says portions of the Gulf have been closed to fishing to signal seafood harvested from the Gulf is safe.