Oyster Radio: Today is the last day to buy oyster harvesting licenses at 100 dollars

Today is the last day to buy you oyster harvesting license before the 500 dollar late fee kicks in.

You have to have the license to commercially harvest oysters from the Apalachicola Bay System beginning Monday, July 1^st.

The licenses are being sold for 100 dollars for Florida residents and 500 dollars for non-residents through 5 o’clock this afternoon.

The licenses are being sold from the old Apalachicola Estuarine Research Reserve building at 261 Dr. Frederick S. Humphries Street at Scipio Creek.

You have to purchase the license with a check or money order made payable to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

You will receive your Saltwater Products License for free upon purchase of your oyster harvesting license.

If you have any questions call the Department of Agriculture in Eastpoint at 670-1114.

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