Friday is the first day of the winter
Oyster harvesting season, and the season is opening with most of the
same restrictions local oystermen have been facing for the past few
years.
The daily commercial bag and possession
limit is only three bags of oysters in the shell per person.
The daily recreational person, vessel
and possession limit is 5 gallons of oysters in the shell .
Commercial and recreational oyster
harvesting will be closed on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Also, portions of the bay known as
areas 1612 and 1622 are closed south of Sheepshead Bayou.
The changes are effective in all of
Apalachicola Bay, including all waters of Indian Lagoon in Gulf
County.
The FWC began implementing
tighter oyster harvesting rules in the fall of 2014 in an effort to
help the Apalachicola Bay oyster population recover from the effects
of low river flow.
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