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Environmental

Feb. 6, 2013

Judge rules that oyster farm north of San Francisco must close

An oyster farm north of San Francisco that is fighting an order by the federal government to close down lost a bid Monday to stay open while the case plays out.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


An oyster farm north of San Francisco that is fighting a federal order to cease operations lost a bid Monday to stay open while the case plays out.


The Drakes Bay Oyster Company operates on federally owned land in the middle of the Point Reyes National Seashore, where for years it has used large swaths of the Drakes Estero estuary for oyster farming.


In November, Interior Secretary Ken Sala...

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