Drakes Bay Oyster Company Marks Closing After Feds Deny Use Of Federal Lands

INVERNESS, CA - JULY 31: (L-R) Drakes Bay Oyster Co. owner Kevin Lunny, his wife Nancy Lunny and worker Jorge Mata toast with oysters during a ceremony to mark the final day of retail and canning operations at the company on July 31, 2014 in Inverness, California. After a 19 month legal battle with the federal government, Drakes Bay Oyster Co. is closing the doors on its retail and canning operations after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Mr. Lunny. Lunny had asked the Supreme Court to review his case against the U.S. Park Service to renew the lease for his oyster farm that operates on Drakes Estero which is on federal land that Congress has designated a marine wilderness. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled against an injunction sought by Lunny to stay in business following former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's decision not to issue a new operating permit and extend the lease of the land for the company. The Park Service and conservationists argue that Lunny's operations are destroying eelgrass beds and his farm is too close to the area used by harbor seals for reproducing. Lunny reportedly responded that his farm is 'the epitome of sustainable food production' and oysters have improved the water quality by filtering out particulate matter as they feed and have been helping the eelgrass to flourish since the early 90's. Drakes Bay Oyster Co. reportedly produces over 300,000 oysters and about one million Manila clams each year, 85 percent of shellfish grown in Marin County. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
INVERNESS, CA - JULY 31: (L-R) Drakes Bay Oyster Co. owner Kevin Lunny, his wife Nancy Lunny and worker Jorge Mata toast with oysters during a ceremony to mark the final day of retail and canning operations at the company on July 31, 2014 in Inverness, California. After a 19 month legal battle with the federal government, Drakes Bay Oyster Co. is closing the doors on its retail and canning operations after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Mr. Lunny. Lunny had asked the Supreme Court to review his case against the U.S. Park Service to renew the lease for his oyster farm that operates on Drakes Estero which is on federal land that Congress has designated a marine wilderness. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled against an injunction sought by Lunny to stay in business following former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's decision not to issue a new operating permit and extend the lease of the land for the company. The Park Service and conservationists argue that Lunny's operations are destroying eelgrass beds and his farm is too close to the area used by harbor seals for reproducing. Lunny reportedly responded that his farm is 'the epitome of sustainable food production' and oysters have improved the water quality by filtering out particulate matter as they feed and have been helping the eelgrass to flourish since the early 90's. Drakes Bay Oyster Co. reportedly produces over 300,000 oysters and about one million Manila clams each year, 85 percent of shellfish grown in Marin County. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Drakes Bay Oyster Company Marks Closing After Feds Deny Use Of Federal Lands
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