Reshelling program to be held on August 10th

The Franklin county commission has agreed to spend 35 thousand dollars for a reshelling program on Friday, August the 10^th.

Reshelling allows oystermen to move clean oyster shells to various bars around the bay to give the spat a place to attach and make the bars more productive.

The county will front the money to the Franklin County Seafood Workers Association which will administer the program and will then be reimbursed for the expense by the Florida Department of Agriculture.

The Department of Agriculture has 112 thousand dollars to spend on reshelling programs this year.

Seafood Worker Association President Shannon Hartsfield said 224 oyster harvesters have already registered to take part in the reshelling program and he expects a few more will sign up at the next Association meeting on July 30^th at the Eastpoint fire House.

They plan to do the reshelling from the two locations – one in Eastpoint and one at the Lombardi site in Apalachicola.

Oystermen will earn 125 dollars for each boatload of shell they carry.

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