Fears, worry hound Texas oystermen as season starts with few reefs

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Texas pushed ahead with a Nov. 1 start to the oyster season over fishermen’s wishes to delay in hopes reefs can recover from years of environmental stress.

TEXAS CITY — The dreary, gray weather matched oysterman Johny Jurisich’s mood. This time of year, when workers prepare boats ahead of the Nov. 1 start of Texas’ oyster season, used to feel exciting. Now, that excitement is muted as the industry faces an uncertain future. Fishermen weren’t playing music, smiling or coating boats with fresh paint. None of them knew if they would make money in the coming weeks.

Oyster fishermen are fighting the state for their jobs. No one is winning. Still, the oysters didn’t recover. When state biologists sampled the public reefs in September and early October, they found enough large oysters to allow harvesting in just one area.

 

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