FRANKLIN COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Apalachicola oysters were once on par with the Maine lobster and the Maryland blue crab. But after Apalachicola Bay’s oysters collapsed in 2013, everything changed. The ...

The Apalachicola Bay reopened for commercial and recreational oyster harvesting on Wednesday for the first time in five years ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – After more than five years, the Apalachicola Bay is back open for recreational and commercial oyster harvesting. In November, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - The Apalachicola Bay is reopening for recreational and commercial oyster harvesting to kick off the new year. Jan. 1 marks the first opportunity to harvest oysters in the ...

TALLAHASSEE — State wildlife officials could allow oyster harvesting in part of Northwest Florida’s Apalachicola Bay, where the fishery collapsed more than a decade ago and continues to struggle to ...

TALLAHASSEE — State wildlife officials could allow oyster harvesting in part of Northwest Florida’s Apalachicola Bay, where the fishery collapsed more than a decade ago and continues to struggle to ...

North Florida's Apalachicola Bay will reopen for wild oyster harvesting, a move that supporters hope will breathe life into one of the last historic working waterfronts in a state where much of the ...

Florida's Apalachicola Bay oyster industry collapsed in 2013 due to overharvesting, pollution, and reduced freshwater flow. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are being used to model environmental ...

(The Center Square) — Florida is reopening Apalachicola Bay for limited oyster farming, with strict regulations and an estimated annual price tag of up to $55 million to meet its goals of restoring ...

State wildlife officials are devising plans to allow some commercial oyster harvesting next year in Northwest Florida’s Apalachicola Bay, despite no major improvements in the bay after a halt during ...