Several San Francisco restaurants, Tomales Bay Oyster sue Interior to try to block closure of Drakes Bay Oyster Co
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Bay City News] - July 21, 2014 -
TOMALES BAY, Calif. -- A Tomales Bay oyster business and several Marin County restaurants have sued the U.S. Interior Department in federal court in San Francisco in a bid to block the July 31 closure of the Drakes Bay Oyster Co.
The lawsuit claims that under the National Aquaculture Act and federal Coastal Zone Management Act, Salazar should have considered the impact of the oyster farm's shutdown on local aquaculture.
If the closure occurs as scheduled, the Tomales Bay Oyster Co. and the restaurants "will either completely lose access to locally harvested oysters or lose access to a substantial and critical component of their locally harvested oyster supply," the lawsuit claims...
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