Portions of the bay reopen to oyster harvesting

Two areas of the bay closed to oyster harvesting earlier this week have now reopened.

Apalachicola Bay harvesting areas 1642 and 1612 reopened at sunrise today.

1642 has been closed since Tuesday, 1612 closed on Monday.

Both areas were closed because of heavy rains last weekend which require state biologists to sample the waters for contaminants before allowing oysters to be harvested from there.

And remember, commercial oyster harvesting is now open 7 days a week.

That rule took effect on September the 1^st.

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