Reshelling program begins Friday

The Franklin county seafood workers association will kick off a reshelling program on Friday.

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.

Seafood Workers Association President Shannon Hartsfield said this will be one of the biggest reshelling programs in recent memory.

360 people have signed up to take part – last year there were fewer than 200.

They plan to do the reshelling from two locations.

This Friday the reshelling will take place from the Eastpoint boat ramp with shells placed at Cat Point.

On August the 17^th, reshelling will take place from the Lombardi’s  site in Apalachicola and the shells will be placed at Hagan’s Flat.

All 360 registered participants will be able to take part from both locations and will earn 125 dollars for each boatload of shell they carry.

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