Today is the last day to purchase the Apalachicola Bay Oyster Harvesting license

Today is the last day to purchase your Apalachicola Bay Oyster Harvesting license before the 500 dollar late fee takes effect.

Sales have been down so far this year – so far about 1000 licenses have been sold, down from nearly 1550 last year.

If you waited till the last day, remember you have to take a 20 minute seminar before you can buy the license.

The seminar is required by the Federal Food and Drug Administration and replaces the two hour course that first time oyster harvesters had to take in previous years

The seminar is being offered all day today beginning at 8:30 at the old Estuarine Research Reserve facility at Scipio Creek in Apalachicola.

The licenses are being sold in the same building to make the process move more smoothly.

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