More than a decade after the once-iconic oyster began to fade in Apalachicola Bay — and five years after harvesting was shuttered completely — the storied oyster beds will open beginning Jan. 1.

After more than five years, the Apalachicola Bay is back open for recreational and commercial oyster harvesting. In November, ...

After a 5-year freeze, the Apalachicola Bay has reopened for oyster harvesting, giving hope and new opportunities to the ...

Though the bay is open, some say they did not receive an endorsement to harvest, despite meeting the requirements. They're now criticizing the licensing process.

Florida’s Apalachicola Bay, once producing 90% of the state’s oysters, has been closed since 2020 due to environmental collapse.

Heavier rains are triggering regulatory pauses on harvesting oysters and clams—and putting fishermen out of work.

Kirk Curole, owner of Bayside Oysters in Grand Isle, shakes the algae off his floating oyster cages. (Elise Plunk/Louisiana Illuminator) GRAND ISLE – Not all jewels have the deep green features of ...

One of South Australia’s first oyster-growing regions shut by the devastating algal bloom has reopened after a seven-month ...

SAVANNAH — The best oyster shucking advice is “take your time.” Many a hand has been bloodied and patience exhausted by rushing the exercise. As for harvesting oysters in Georgia in the hot summer ...

Alabama will close the books Tuesday on its worst wild oyster season since 2017. The Marine Resources Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources recently announced that ...

GALVESTON, Texas -- Thirty of the 35 oyster harvesting areas along the Texas Cost will be closed come November 1st, due to a variety of dangerous conditions found by the Coastal Fisheries Division of ...