If
you are interested in getting involved in Oyster farming, some new
leases will soon be opening at 4 mile.
The
Department of Agriculture will accept applications for thirty-eight
1.5 acre submerged land leases from March the 6th through
the 20th.
Franklin
County seafood workers will get priority on getting the leases.
Preference
will be given to applicants that are Franklin County residents, and
for people that are not already engaged in oyster aquaculture at
another site.
Preferred
applicants will also have held a Saltwater Products License for at
least three of the last five years, or held a SPL with an oyster
endorsement for at least three of the last 10 years.
There
is a 200 dollar application fee, but you will have 15 days after you
have been approved for a lease to pay that fee.
The
state will hold 2 pre-application meetings this week to
discuss the lease process.
They will be held on Wednesday, March
the 4th from 530 to 730 and on Thursday, March the 5th
from 3 to 5 PM.
Both meetings will be held at the
Apalachicola Community Center at Battery Park.
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