Select sections of Florida’s Apalachicola Bay have welcomed back commercial wild oyster harvesters following a five-year moratorium on the practice. The resumption of limited harvesting operations has brought excitement to both seafood lovers and the fishing community.
The restricted reopening marks the end of a lengthy suspension that kept harvesters away from the bay’s oyster beds for half a decade. Commercial fishermen and oyster enthusiasts are celebrating the return of access to these prized shellfish waters.
