Chairman to represent Franklin County at ISSC meeting

County commission chairman Smokey Parrish will represent Franklin County during this year’s meeting of the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Commission. County commissioners agreed to send Parrish to the national meeting of the ISSC which will be held October the 17th through the 23rd in Manchester, New Hampshire. The ISSC is the group that oversees shellfish transportation and sales around the US – they set rules and policies to help protect shellfish consumers. County officials it is necessary to be represented at the meeting to advocate for the Apalachicola Bay oyster industry.