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Environmental

Jan. 29, 2013

Federal judge skeptical that oyster farm should remain open

A federal judge on Friday appeared skeptical that an oyster farm, operating in a spectacular estuary north of San Francisco, should stay open despite a federal government order to close it so the area can revert to its natural state.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


OAKLAND - A judge on Friday appeared skeptical that an oyster farm, operating in a spectacular estuary north of San Francisco, should stay open despite a federal government order to close it so the area can revert to its natural state.


The Drakes Bay Oyster Co., which sits in the middle of the Point Reyes National Seashore, sued the Interior Department last month after Secretary Ken Salazar refused to...

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