Oyster Collapse Gulf of Mexico along Florida’s Big Bend and Panhandle.

October 15, 2012 Gulf of Mexico

State officials have determined there has been an oyster collapse in the Gulf of Mexico along Florida’s Big Bend and Panhandle. They also say that nothing can be done and that it will just have to run its course.

http://fishery.about.com/b/2012/09/30/florida-aquaculture-gets-global-warming.htm?nl=1

dying from Cedar Key west to Apalachicola, fighting a parasite., oyster collapse, too much salt in the water and high temperatures

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It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

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