FWC Approves Preliminary Guidelines to Open Apalachicola Bay for Limited Wild Oyster Harvest

FWC approves preliminary guidelines to open Apalachicola Bay for limited wild oyster harvest

Thursday morning, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted to approve preliminary guidelines that would essentially allow a partial reopening of the bay for wild oyster harvesting.

Return of Oyster Harvesting OK’d for January

TALLAHASSEE --- More than a decade after the oyster industry collapsed in Northwest Florida’s Apalachicola Bay, state wildlife officials Thursday gave preliminary approval to reopen some oyster reefs for harvesting in January, with plans to start a recurring seasonal harvest…