date:Dec 29, 2012
g for over 30 years, operating since 1972 under a permit from the federal government granted when the government bought the property and 8,000 surrounding acres that year.
But on 29 November 2012, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Kenneth Salazar announced his decision that the NPS not renew a lease held by the company, and ordered the company to vacate the property within 90 days.
According to the company, 31 full-time employees with the company produce millions of dollars in oyster products, wh