Residents of Florida's Panhandle are still assessing damage 48 hours after Hurricane Michael made landfall. Homes have been destroyed, trees are down and roads are still impassable, and in Apalachicola, there's another concern: oysters.
The area known as one of the country's most important oyster fisheries has been devastated in recent years by water diversion, climate change and oil spills. Now, the nascent aquaculture industry — farmed oysters — are also threatened.
Here & Now's Robin Young checks in with fifth-generation oysterman T.J. Wardwho runs an aquaculture business in Apalachicola.
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