Monday, January 30, 2012

Area 1612 closed to oyster harvesting


Heavy rains that moved across the southeast late last week have forced the Department of Agriculture to close a portion of the Apalachicola Bay to oyster harvesting.

The Department of Agriculture closed the conditionally approved oyster harvesting area 1612 at sunset Sunday after the Apalachicola River level at Blountstown topped 13 feet.

The affected area is closest to the mouth of the river just west of the river channel.

There is generally a 2 day lag between river levels at Blountstown and Apalachicola.

The river level has already started to fall again.


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