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Many military bases will smell fishier soon

Apparently, seafood customers had the belief that because of the Gulf oil spill, much of the seafood there was tainted. Because of that, seafood prices fell sharply in the Gulf Coast region. However, there was extensive testing on the products and they were deemed safe. To leviate the stress, at least somewhat, on the fishermen and women, the United States millitary has started purchasing seafood from the region. Fish, oysters, crab cakes, and dishes such as jambalaya are being featured on the menus of 72 military bases along the East Coast.

Many fishermen and shrimpers are applauding the decision: "Every sale helps us out, and we need some help to come back," Bobby Barnett, a shrimper, said. "You would have thought they would have been buying U.S. seafood all along."

The Defense Department-run Defense Commissary Agency, known as DeCa, is the agency that is buying the seafood. This aligns with its current emphasis on healthy eating and focusing on domestic products more heavily.

I think this is really great because its promoting business in an area that has been heavily affected by adversity

Read more at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/06/AR2011020603941.html

Sharks are not a threat to landlocked countires/states

Most sharks attack beaches that are on coastal cities, such as Tampa, FL. In 1998-2004 in Florida alone, there were 280 shark attacks and 4 fatalities were a result of those. Also in Florida, in that same time period, there were over 10,000 boating accidents. Some of those had to be because of a shark attack.

-Notice that in all of this data, no landlocked state is mentioned. Therefore, I assume that the number of shark attacks and fatalities in these landlocked states. Because of this, it is assumed that if you go boating, or swimming in a lake or pool that's landlocked, you are relatively safe from any danger that a shark might pose to you*.

*Does not apply to aquariums.

Boating Accidents and Fatalities Compared to Shark Attacks and Fatalities

State	Period	Number of Boating Accidents	Number of Boating Fatalities	Number of Shark Attacks	Number of Shark Attack Fatalities
Alabama	1998-2009	1,083	205	4	0
California	1998-2009	8,278	599	30	3
Georgia	1998-2009	1,741	173	4	0
Florida	1998-2009	10,172	754	280	4
Hawaii	1998-2009	181	30	41	1
North Carolina	1998-2009	1,972	246	21	1
Oregon	1998-2009	848	177	7	0
South Carolina	1998-2009	1,320	219	28	0
Texas	1995-2009	2,346	543	13	0
TOTALS		27,941	2,946	428	9
Number per Year (average)		2,328.4	245.5	35.7	0.8