Oyster collapse hitting Cedar Key hardest
http://www.ocala.com/article/20120920/ARTICLES/120929967/0/FRONTPAGE?p=all&tc=pgall
So when the DUmmies start with it's all BP's fault we have no oysters or the price of oysters have sky rocketed, you will know the truth...This is a natural occurrence...at this point they are @ $60.00 a bushel....
Actually it was all BP's fault to drive up the cost of oysters............when the spill happened. Many, many oysters come from the Gulf. I all depends on the year and how the season is going. This year we are having a problem with rain, I'm happy we're getting the rain and not in a drought, however it's keeping the shellfish areas closed.
Here in eastern "BY GOD" NC, we killed all of our oysters back in the 1890's with oyster dredges. More people and the runoff that comes with it then decimated the deep water oysters beads of our inland sea in the Pamlico Sound.
Yes, we love our salty coon oysters around these parts, especially from Stump Sound or My Lord Honey Seafood.