National Park Service Signs Special Use Permit with Drakes Bay Oyster Company

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on April 23, 2008. It is reproduced in full below.

The National Park Service (NPS) today signed a special use permit with the operators of the Drakes Bay Oyster Company.

The permit allows a commercial oyster and clam operation within Drakes Estero, part of Point Reyes National Seashore, through 2012.

Terms of the permit are consistent with the Consent Order of the California Coastal Commission for the commercial operation, focusing on conditions and uses that protect the park resources.

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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service