The drought that has bedeviled Texans for more than a year has found another victim — the state’s $30 million oyster industry.
The commercial oyster season normally runs from November through April, but this season, the noncommercial harvest was stopped on Oct. 4, and all oystering in the state has been shut down since.
“It’s disastrous for those folks in the business,” Kirk Wiles, manager of seafood and aquatic life for Texas Department of State Health Services, said.
The problem is a red tide, which in this area normally is limited to the Gulf of Mexico.
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