Governor Rick Scott seeks Economic Injury Declaration for Franklin County

Governor Rick Scott has requested that the U.S. Small Business Administration issue an Economic Injury Declaration for Franklin County as a result of the decline of the commercial oyster fishery.  

The governor issued a letter Wednesday asking that the Small Business Administration make a Disaster Declaration for Franklin County and offer low-interest SBA disaster loans to businesses affected by the decline of the oyster fishery.

Governor Scott said the economy of Apalachicola and Franklin County is tied inextricably to the commercial seafood industry but that industry has experienced an unprecedented decline in the supply of oysters within the Bay.

The collapse of the oyster fishery in turn has caused a significant loss of income to commercial oyster fishermen, oyster processors, and rural coastal communities.

The governor said the associated economic injury meets the threshold for an SBA declaration.

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