I live on the gulf coast and have had many friends and family members (including my husband, daughter, and mother) get sick after eating shrimp, crawfish, oysters, salmon, and flounder. Their symptoms only last a day or 2 and they believe it's a stomach bug, but when you consider we've all been in contact and the only ones getting sick are the ones eating seafood/shellfish. I believe this is coming from all the toxins that have been released into the rivers. They've had plenty of time to travel to the gulf and be absorbed by the creatures that dwell in it if it hadnt killed them. The last time i saw this many people get sick off seafood was after the BP Oil Spill. I cant seem to find any reportings on it, so if you have, please share.
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Fish have a special way of making you sick that cooking won't help. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scombroid_food_poisoning
Shellfish probably accumulate more garbage. Crayfish should be fed lettuce for a few days to clean them out, ceviche is famous for hepatitis, raw oysters are a bad idea, and they can all have toxins from pollution and algae that is in their environment. Canned fish have to be processed longer than other kinds of meat. https://www.newhealthadvisor.org/Food-Poisoning-from-Fish.html
Hola caballero