The bounty of the sea �| ajc.com

The bounty of the sea �| ajc.com: "“The Southeast Tourism Society has seen a marked increase in the number of seafood festivals applying to be a Top 20 Event,” says Neville Bhada, vice president of communications and public relations for the Atlanta-based society that awards Top 20 designations to Southeast festivals for each month. Several top festivals, like the North Carolina Seafood Festival along the state’s Crystal Coast, and the National Shrimp Festival in Alabama’s Gulf Shores, have been around for decades, attracting thousands of hungry veterans and first-time festival-goers."