...the article makes it seem like a Florida problem, even though every cited instance involves oysters from out of state. Did the out of state oysters cause any health problems anywhere else? Or did they somehow only ship the contaminated oysters to Florida, and nobody elsewhere got sick?
It may be that Florida’s shutdown beds are closed because of contamination — but it doesn’t say that.
Maybe Florida’s restaurants are bringing in outside oysters to satisfy consumer demand. “Bob’s Oyster Bar” would have a problem with no oysters available.
Maybe Texas and Loosianna don’t handle or ship oysters in a sanitary manner, or maybe the supply chain is too slow.
My main comment was the shoddy article. Personally, I like oysters.
All of the above....................
No, the Florida beds are not shut down due to contamination — Atlanta sucked up all the water that used to flow into Apalachicola Bay and ruined the salinity for the oyster beds there. Apalachicola Bay used to provide 10% of the USA’s oysters. Now all ruined thanks to stinking too-big-for-its-water-sources Atlanta.
Beach erosion and loss of barrier islands is actually from silt no longer flowing down our rivers, too — and also from dredging shipping lanes. They say it’s Climate Change, but it’s the reservoirs, overuse of river water by cities too big for their water sources, also the dredging.