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Environmental

Feb. 26, 2013

Oyster farm to remain open pending appeal, 9th Circuit rules

A 9th Circuit motions panel granted an emergency request to keep Marin County's Drakes Bay Oyster Co. open for business while its lawyers appeal a closure order.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Oyster lovers got a break Monday as a 9th Circuit motions panel granted an emergency request to keep Marin County's Drakes Bay Oyster Co. open for business while its lawyers appeal a closure order. On Feb. 4, a federal judge affirmed Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's November ruling that it was time for the oyster company - which raises its bivalves in Drakes Estero - to exit Point Reyes National Seashore, where it has operated for de...

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